Figure 1.--Here we see a group of Nepanese school vhildren in the 2000s. Note that there is only one girl. School attendance is required in Nepal, but many parents continue to be hesitant to send girls to school. |
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School attendance is now required for all Nepalese children between 6-10 years of age. School attendance is becoming widely accepted for boys, but it Nepal's conservative society are reluctant to send their girls to school. The annual enrollment in primary schools was about 1.9 million and in secondary schools about 0.5 million (1980s). Because widespread public education is still relatively new and many girls do not extend school. More girls are attending schools, but female enrollment lags far behind thst of males. The country's adult (age 15 and older) literacy rate is only about 50 percent, but this is a substantisl increase from earlier levels. Nepal's principal tertiary educational institution is Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu (1959).
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