Starting Now: Strategies for Helping Girls Complete Primary

摘要

This paper is intended as a practical reference for educators interested in helping girls stay in school to the end of the primary level. The information and the approaches presented here are a distillation of existing literature and field experience. The argument underlying this paper is that investing in girls' education (and increasing the returns on this investment for nations and families) requires that attention be paid to balancing access and quality. Even more, improving program quality and the modes of the delivery of education are the most cost-effective ways to expand access to educational opportunities, and ensure that children, especially girls, will want to stay in school until the end of the primary level.