Achieving Universal Primary Education – Goal 2Swaziland has taken great strides in improving access to primary school education. After experiencing a long term decline which reached the lowest point in 2003, primary school enrolments has improved. Total enrolments had decreased from 213986 in 2000 to 208652 in 2003; but have risen by 8.8% to 226 914 in 2006, from the 2003 level. The Net Enrolment Rate has increased from 77.5% in 2000 to 81.9% in 2005. On the whole, the enrolment of girls is lower than that of boys although this tends to balance out at secondary level.
The improvement in some of the indicators is a consequence of a number of initiatives the Swaziland Government and her partners have undertaken to ensure access to education, including: the introduction of a bursary scheme for orphaned and vulnerable children, the introduction of free books as well as the gradual introduction of free text books at the primary school level.
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