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Do girls need more than a birth certificate to complete secondary school?

April 26, 2017birth Certificate COMPLETE girls School Secondary

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Do girls need more than a birth certificate to complete secondary school?

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ELEVEate believes that it is essential to provide girls with the skills and support needed, along with a birth certificate, to both pass the National Secondary School Entrance Exam and to succeed in secondary school. Families in Senegal often require school age girls to stay home from school to do chores. This leads to educational gaps making it less likely for the girls to pass the Secondary School Entrance Exam. With a grant from Allyson Goldsmith the Kaolack Summer School for Girls (KSSG), which aims to prepare girls for the Secondary School Entrance Exam, opened its doors during the summer of 2008. Any girl in the Kaolack region in grades 6-11 may enroll in KSSG free of charge. ELEVEate intends to support KSSG, on a permanent basis through grants, beginning in the summer of 2009 (KSSG-09).