Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Executive Summary -- Résumé analytique -- Introduction -- Objectives of the Study -- Scope and Content -- Constraints of the Study -- The Global and Regional Context -- The Essence of Adolescence -- 1. Participation in Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Global Picture -- EFA and Secondary Education -- Definition of Terms -- Gender Equity and Education -- Secondary Education in SSA -- Primary Completion and the Transition to Lower Secondary Education -- Gender Disparity in Secondary Education: A Widening Gap -- 2. Factors Affecting the Participation of Girls in Secondary Education -- Economic Policies, Growth, and Development -- Equity, Financial Measures, and Good Governance -- Making Girls' Schooling Affordable: The Impact of Fees -- The Bottleneck Effect -- The School Environment -- Sociocultural Barriers -- Violence against Girls -- The Unreached -- Summary of Factors -- 3. Promotion of Female Participation in Secondary Education -- Two Policy Challenges -- State Policy and the Promotion of Female Participation in Secondary Education -- 4. Institutions Addressing the Issue of Secondary Education -- CAMFED -- The Role of Civil Society: The FAWE Approach -- FAWE Centres of Excellence: Making the Case for the Holistic Approach -- Challenges of the COE Concept -- 5. Concluding Observations -- Quality Factor -- Importance of Intersectoral Approaches -- Involvement of Students -- Expanding Opportunities -- Taking Best Practices to Scale -- References -- Back Cover.

Evidence of gender inequity and inequality in terms of access, retention and performance in secondary education in Sub-Saharan Africa raises many questions. While transition rates from primary to secondary are higher for girls than boys, and the repetition rates are lower, girls still significantly trail behind boys in terms of secondary GER. This study documents and analyzes the extent and nature of gender disadvantage in junior and senior secondary education. It analyzes the causes of this disadvantage and identifies strategies that may be effective in reducing or eliminating it.

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