Low-Income
Country Africa (Sub-Saharan)

Lesotho

  • SDG Score 59
  • Policy Score 60
  • Avg. Score 60

Home to 19,620 out-of-school girls who represent 7% of all school aged girls nationally.

SDG Score

Total: 59.46

Available Indicators: 17/22

  • Pre-primary Indica­tors
    Indicator Value
    Proportion of girls enrolled in pre-primary school 39%
    Proportion of girls enrolled in pre-primary relative to boys (parity) 107/100
  • Out-of-school rates Indica­tors
    Indicator Value
    Out-of-school rate for girls of primary school age 8%
    Out-of-school rate for girls of lower secondary school age 12%
    Out-of-school rate for girls of upper secondary school age 41%
  • Completion rates Indica­tors
    Indicator Value
    Proportion of girls completing primary school relative to boys No Data
    Proportion of girls completing primary school No Data
    Proportion of girls completing lower secondary school relative to boys 144/100
    Proportion of girls completing lower secondary school 45%
    Proportion of girls completing upper secondary school relative to boys 127/100
    Proportion of girls completing upper secondary school 26%
  • Teachers Indica­tors
    Indicator Value
    Proportion of qualified female teachers in pre-primary education 100%
    Proportion of qualified female teachers in primary education 87%
    Proportion of qualified female teachers in lower-secondary education No Data
    Proportion of qualified female teachers in upper-secondary education No Data
  • Expenditure Indica­tors
    Indicator Value
    Government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP 6%
    Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure 14%
  • Learning-adjusted years of schooling Indica­tors
    Indicator Value
    Learning-adjusted years of school 0
  • Climate education Indica­tors
    Indicator Value
    Climate change education ambition scores No Data
  • Inequality Indica­tors
    Indicator Value
    Ratio of the number of poorest girls completing primary school to the number of richest girls 80:100
    Ratio of the number of poorest girls completing lower secondary school to the number of richest girls 16:100
    Ratio of the number of poorest girls completing primary school to the number of richest girls 0:100

Policy Score

Total: 59.64

Available Indicators: 27/32

  • Financial barriers Indica­tors
    Indicator Value
    Is primary education tuition free? Legislative or constitutional guarantee
    Is beginning secondary education tuition-free? Subject to progressive realization
    Is completing secondary education tuition-free?  Subject to progressive realization
    Are parents incentivized to send their daughters to school (cash transfers)? National incentive programmes
    What is the perceived reach of these cash transfers? High
    What is the coverage of school feeding programmes? 60.17
  • Sexual & reproductive health rights Indica­tors
    Indicator Value
    Is child marriage banned? Ban for boys but not girls
    When loophole exceptions are taken into account, what is the minimum age of marriage for girls? Unknown minimum age set by religious or customary law
    To what extent do laws and regulations guarantee full and equal access to contraceptive services? No Data
    To what extent do laws and regulations guarantee the provision of comprehensive sexuality education? No Data
    Is the right to education of pregnant and parenting girls legally protected? Yes
    What is the coverage of separate toilets and sanitation facilities for girls? No Data
  • Child safety and non-discrimination in education Indica­tors
    Indicator Value
    Party to the UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education? Not ratified
    Party to UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women? Ratified with reservation(s)
    Is there a national program to reduce violence by school staff in place? National
    Is there a ban on corporal punishment? National
    What is the perceived reach of the ban on corporal punishment? Low
    Is there a National Action Plan to reduce violence in schools? National
    To what extent is the National Action Plan to reduce violence in schools funded? Partial
  • Labour market opportunities Indica­tors
    Indicator Value
    Does the law mandate nondiscrimination based on gender in employment? Yes
    Does the law mandate equal remuneration for work of equal value? Yes
    Does legislation explicitly guarantee equal pay on the basis of gender?  Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on gender
    Does the law prohibit discrimination by creditors on the basis of sex or gender? No
    Is sexual harassment of women explicitly prohibited in the workplace? Legislative language extends protection to both women and men
  • Role models Indica­tors
    Indicator Value
    Proportion of female primary teachers 75.22
    Proportion of female lower secondary teachers No Data
    Proportion of female upper secondary teachers 0.49
    Proportion female public sector workers No Data
    Are there voluntary party quotas for female parliamentarians? No
    Are there legal quotas (constitutional or electoral law) in the lower house? Legal candidate quotas
    Are there legal quotas (constitutional or electoral law) in the upper house? No legislation
    Are there legal quotas (constitutional or electoral law) at the subnational level? Reserved seats

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