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Enrolment in Grades 9 and 10 Shree Durga Vawani Secondary School by language stream and gender
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In our community, girls do not need this [English-medium education].
Interview with male teacher
Nepal is classified as a low-middle income country (World Bank, 2023), and like other such countries, it is under international pressure to attain gender equality targets in order to receive international aid. However, Nepal is also permeated by widespr...
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... taking a look at the interviews, it's useful to first take a look at gender and enrolment rates in each of the two streams in this dual-medium (English and Nepali) school. Figure 1 shows student enrolment rates in Grades 9 and 10 in Shree Durga Vawani Secondary School. It shows that where boys are fairly evenly distributed across the two streams, girls are not. ...
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... other words, it does not appear to be the case that the dowry system and early marriage causes girls to drop out, at least not in Grades 9 and 10 at Shree Durga Vawani Secondary School. This is reflected in Figure 1 which shows that girls in Grade 9-10 actually slightly outnumber boys, at 72 versus 65, in the Nepali-medium stream, which also reflects the national pattern of a slightly greater female enrolment at secondary level. Instead, it seems that different societal aspirations for boys and girls -including the dowry system -combine to make parents less inclined to invest in their daughter's education, which in the case of our dual-medium school means that they are sent to the Nepali-medium stream. ...
