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Child Equity Atlas
6.2.2 The proportion of out of school children
aged 6-10 years was very high (21.7 per cent) in
the DCC varying significantly by wards, from 11.4
per cent in Ward no. 61 to 33.6 per cent in ward
no. 92 (Table 6.5).This implies that, in some wards,
as high as one in three children was not attending
school. Ward-wise distribution shows that high
proportion of children are out of school in some
areas of Pallabi, Mirpur, Mohammadpur, Gulshan
and in the old town (Map 6.4).
Table 6.5: Proportion of out of school children
(6-10 years): Best and worst wards, Dhaka City
Corporation, Bangladesh 2011
Best wards
Worst wards
Srl.
Ward
Ward
Thana
% Thana
No
No
%
1. Lalbagh 61 11.4 Lalbagh 92 33.6
2.
Bangshal,
Chak Bazar
67 11.7 Khilgaon 26 33.0
3. Gendaria 82 12.3
Tejgaon Ind.
Area
37 33.0
4. Kotwali 72 12.5 Adabor 43 31.3
5.
Bangshal,
Kotwali
68 12.7 Lalbagh 91 30.7
Dhaka City Corporation: 21.7%
6.2.3 Net attendance rate (NAR) at secondary
level for children aged 11-15 years in the DCC was
found to be 46.5 per cent, much lower than the
national average of 54.3 per cent, again confirming
the urban face of deprivation in schooling. If
disaggregated by sex, the net attendance rate of
secondary schooling in the city was 51.7 for boys
and 41.8 for girls. It is important to note that while
the NAR for girls (59.3 per cent) at secondary was
substantially higher than that for the boys (49.7
per cent) in the country, the opposite is the case in
the DCC. Significant differences are also observed
between different wards, as shown in Map 6.5.
Table 6.6: Net attendance rate (NAR) at
secondary level: Best and worst wards, Dhaka
City Corporation, Bangladesh 2011
Srl.
Thana
Best wards
Ward
No.
% Thana
Worst wards
Ward
No.
1. Motijheel 33 66.6 Lalbagh 92 29.7
2. Kotwali 72 59.7 Bangshal,
Kotwali
%
71 31.1
3. Lalbagh 62 59.6 Khilgaon 26 32.0
4. Lalbagh 61 58.6 Lalbagh 91 32.7
5. Sabujbagh 27 57.2 Bangshal 70 35.0
Dhaka City Corporation: 46.5%
Photo : UNICEF /Khan
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