"According to a 2007 UN Development Programme report, 43 percent of girls and 67 percent of boys were enrolled in primary, secondary and tertiary education in the country. In addition, only 35 percent of girls were literate, compared with 73 percent of boys." In short, in order to overcome a huge gender gap in the country, the government decided that the issue of attendance warranted financial incentives for parents and students.
In a way, this is no different than what many governments
around the region, such as
The rate per student simply depends upon how far the student (or his or her family) lives from the university. Attendance is not really part of the allowance scheme.
Sadly, historically, the issue of truancy at universities
and colleges in
TIME-ON-TASK
There are roughly three types of time-on-task experiences
that students (and their teachers or professors) are losing out on as
attendance slacks off to almost zero by the end of each semester in too many
university classes in
(1) Allocated
time for tasks
(2)
Engaged time on tasks
(3)
Academic learning time on task
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