ducation, preferably by 2005, and at all levels of education no later than 2015. Indicators for this goal: the ratio of girls to boys in primary, secondary, and tertiary education; the ratio of literate females to males among 15 - to - 24 - year-olds; the share of women in wage employment in the nonagricultural sector; and the proportion of seats in national parliament held by women. In addition, the benefits of female education for women s empowerment and gender equality are broadly recognized: female education rises, fertility, population growth, and infant and child mortality fall and family health improves . in girls secondary school enrollment are associated with increases in women s participation in the labor force and their contributions to household and national income . s increased earning capacity, in turn, has a positive effect on child nutrition.especially daughters-of educated mothers are more likely to be enrolled in school and to have higher levels of educational attainment.women are more politically active and better informed about their legal rights and how to exercise them.
2. Problems of Education for Women
Education is a key part of strategies to improve individuals well-being and societies economic and social development. In the Middle East region access to education has improved dramatically over the past few decades, and there have been a number of encouraging trends in girls and women s education. Primary school enrollment is high or universal here, and gender gaps in secondary school enrollment have already disappeared in several countries. And of course women here are also more likely to enroll in universities than they were in the past.great challenges remain. Many people-especially girls-are still excluded from education, and many more are enrolled in school but learning too little to prepare them for 21st-century job markets. In some of these countries, access to the secondary and higher education that helps create a skilled and knowledgeable labor force continues to be limited; even where access is not a problem, the quality of the education provided is often low. It must be improved and also it should be more widely available. Many experts say that education systems may split into two tiers, with high-quality private education available only to the wealthy minority and low-quality public education the sole option for most citizens. Such a trend would turn education into a В«means of perpetuat...
