Report 5

Using the Human Development Reports, available online at http://hdr.undp.org/en/ and other sources from national and international organizations, your team will write a short report (about 1000 words). In this report, for your selected country( ETHIOPIA), your team will consider progress or setbacks for women in terms of education, for the last 20 years.  The data from the Statistical Annex of the 2016 Human Development Report to take into consideration are: tables 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 9. Use similar tables from other reports, as appropriate. Other useful sources as a guide to update information: Neft, N. and A.D. Levine.  1997.  Where Women Stand:  An International Report on the Status of Women in 140 Countries.  New York: Random House.

Aspects to include in your team report:

1. Laws governing education in your selected country: is elementary education free? Is it compulsory?
2. Public vs. private spending in education?
3. Percentage of GDP and of government budget assigned to education?
4. Differences between men and women in terms of literacy rates, enrollment figures by levels, average years of schooling
5. Majors selected by females vs. males at the university level
6. Education quality
7. Primary school dropout
8. Population at least with secondary education
9. Other relevant facts, as appropriate

Your team report on the status of education for your selected country is to be submitted by each student to this dropbox and posted by one of the team members on the Education Discussion. 

Review the Team Report Rubric to see how you will be evaluated. Review the Writing Instructions (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. by Professor Oelze to assist with this report and discussion. 

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