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Burundi -- Education
The
educational
system of
Burundi has
been hard
hit by ethnic
violence and
war. Rebels
and the military
have targeted
ethnically
mixed schools.
Teachers and
administrators
were killed
or fled the
country. School
buildings
have been
used to house
displaced
people so
could not
be used for
education.
An embargo
has made the
acquisition
of educational
material difficult.
Hutu students
have been
dismissed
from the University
and all university
students must
do military
service.
The
UN Children's
Fund estimated
primary school
attendance
in 1996 at
48% and the
government
in 1998 put
the figure
at 60%, which
is debatable.
Only 7% of
secondary
aged students
attended school,
and only 4%
of eligible
girls. Less
than 1% of
the eligible
population
are attending
colleges or
universities.
[1]
[1]
The Economist
Intelligence
Unit. 1998-99.
Country Profile.
Rwanda
and Burundi.
The Unit:
London.
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and
over can read
and write
total population:
35.3% male:
49.3% female:
22.5% (1995
est.)
Source:
CIA World
Fact Book
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