Girls’ Education Challenge Project: Highlights from the Midterm Evaluation Key Finding: Financing schools and families significantly increased learning outcomes and enhanced girls’ access to secondary school education. The addition of girls’ support groups smooths the path even further.
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UNICEF Data: Monitoring the Situation of Women and Children, Primary & Secondary Education (2013). UNICEF Data: Monitoring the Situation of Women and Children, Primary & Secondary Education (2013). This finding was echoed by teachers interviewed in the Midline Report: 98% of teachers interviewed emphasized school fees as the most significant barrier to education. 3 UNICEF: “The Investment Case for Education and Equity,” 2015. 4 World Inequality Database on Education: http://www.educationinequalities.org/indicators/edu_out_lowsec#?sort=mean&dimension=sex&group=all&age_group=edu_out_lowsec&countries=|BEN|BFA |BDI|CMR|CAF|TCD|COM|COG|CIV|COD|GNQ|ETH|GAB|GMB|GHA|GIN|GNB|KEN|LSO|LBR|MDG|MWI|MLI|MOZ|NAM|NER|NGA|R WA|STP|SEN|SLE|SOM|ZAF|SSD|SWZ|TGO|TZA|UGA|ZMB|ZWE 5 XinXin You, Pathways Analysis http://public.tableau.com/profile/publish/Pathwayanalysis0501/Story1#!/publish-confirm 6 Ugandan Ministry of Labour and Social Development and UNICEF Uganda, Situational Analysis of Children in Uganda-Summary, 2015. 2