90 80 70 60 50 Girls 40 Boys 30 20 10 0 Completion Rate Transition from Primary to Secondary Rate of Secondary Attendance Chart 3: School attendance ratio of girls to boys b: Combating Gender Based Violence in Schools 768- To eliminate stereotypes and other forms of gender based violence which affect schooling for the young girl, the authorities focused their action on preventive and criminal dimensions. In the Preventive dimension, the PSF Project407 to fight against gender based violence in schools (2016-2018), amounting to 1,500,000 Euro was implemented with the support of the French Embassy. 769- The fight against early marriages is one of the actions carried out, particularly with the launching of the “girls not bride” campaign all over the country and the African campaign for the fight against child marriage. 770- With the support of ALDEPA, 10 round table discussions have been held since 2014 in the General Education Teachers Training colleges of the Far North to sensitise the population on mainstreaming gender and gender discrimination in the education system. A Gender responsive internal rules and regulations was drafted in 2013 by the Regional Delegation for Basic Education and implemented in primary schools in the Region. 771- Moreover, in connexion with the Project to strengthen the framework for the protection and rehabilitation of children at risk and victims of gender discrimination and sexual violence implemented from January 2015 to April 2018 by the International Circle for the Promotion of Creation (CIPCRE) in the Centre, North West, and West Regions, a Code of Good Conduct was drafted and approved for primary schools by the Minister of Basic Education. 772- As concerns criminal law, sexual harassment was made an offence under Section 302-1 of the Penal Code and hindrance to schooling is also punishable. c: Education on Gender and Human Rights See above, Part A, Right to Education (§ 291 et al). 407 Priority Solidarity Fund kept at the European Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the French Republic. 129