Guinea-Bissau
One of the major challenges faced by OOSC is late enrollment. Usually, a child starts lower primary education at age of six in Guinea Bissau. Only 14% of the children who start with grade 1 finish with grade 12. Gender inequality is one of the major issues where girls drop out of school due to early marriage or pregnancy. From age 10 to 11 years, 17.5% of boys are not attending the school compared to girls’ ratio of 25.7 percent.
The reality is boys grab 59% of the educational resources in the country where the girls’ rate is 41%. More than 20% of children between the ages of 7 to 14 years reside at a distance of half an hour from the school. That makes it one of the prominent reasons for dropouts or not attending school. (Borgen Project)
Global Partnership for Education (GPE) in collaboration with UNICEF allocated a grant of $7 million in Guinea. These grant aims to support distance learning, vulnerable groups, safe reopening of schools. International Bureau of Education
