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Regional Situation Analysis
Target
3
The simple average for this target in the region was 93% in 2002.
Most countries of the region have had relatively high access rates at the
beginning of this decade. In fact, in practically all countries and
territories of Latin America and the Caribbean at least 80% of the children
of an appropriate age for attendance in primary schools were enrolled. In 25
countries (12 in Latin America and 13 in the Caribbean) the net enrolment
ratio (NER) was over 90%. The region has made notable headway in this regard
in the last decade, since, around 1990, its NER was 86%. Its pace of
progress has thus outstripped the world rate, which was 82% in 1990 and 84%
in 2000. It is important to point out however, that ethnicity and race
remain important factors that limit access to education. National and
regional averages often hide sub national inequities, that in order to be
corrected will require focalized attention.
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MDG 2 |
ACHIEVE
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION |
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Health targets |
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Health
Indicators |
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Target 3 |
Ensure that, by 2015, children
everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full
course of primary schooling |
* target directly
related to health
The national aggregates for the
gender parity index show no large differences in access to primary schooling
in Latin America or the Caribbean, although girls are under-represented in
Dominica and slightly under-represented in Dominican Republic, Guatemala and
Turks and Caicos Islands.
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