Financing the Future_Delivering SGD4 in Senegal
Financing the Future_Delivering SGD4 in Senegal
There are wide differences in school attendance across Senegal’s 14 regions:
• Five regions—Diourbel, Kaffrine, Louga, Matam, and Tambacounda—account for the majority of out-ofschool children.
• In Diourbel, more than half of primary-aged children are not attending school, while in Ziguinchor, the rate is below 5%.
• In Diourbel, approximately 60% of children and young people have never attended school, compared to just 5% in Ziguinchor.
Household wealth is among the strongest predictors of educational outcomes in Senegal:
• Only 34% of children from the poorest quintile complete primary school, compared to 71% of children from the richest quintile.
• Just 12% of the poorest children complete lower secondary, versus 55% of the wealthiest.
• At upper secondary level, the gap widens further: only 3.6% of the poorest children complete, compared to 35% of the richest