Dorota Zbyszowska-Burtak, II rok studiów zaocznych, LSW

            In Boys in school  still outnumber girls ( The UNESCO, March 1999) problems between girls and boys in access to education is presented. At first, the author of this article cites the article of the World Declaration on Education for All adopted by 155 countries in 1990, which says that The most urgent priority is to ensure access to education for girls and women. Secondly, a recent UNICEF report, The State of the Word s Children 1999 is considered. This report reveals that only the industrial countries have achieved parity between girls and boys in access to education. In most developing countries there is the blatant disparity in favour of  boys.  The experts from UNICEF have estimated that of the 130 million children aged 6 to 11 who do not educate in this countries,73 are girls. Moreover, UNICEF presents that the problem of gender inequality exists, especially, in South Asia, North Africa. Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa. There are a lot of differences in priority to ensure education for girls and boys. For example, Afghanistan bans girls from going to school, whereas Bangladesh has achieved parity. Jordan, Libya and Tunisia are not far off. UNICEF affirms that the advantages of educating girls are obvious. They control over their fertility and are not victims of sexual harassment, play a greater part in economic life, and stand  up more for their rights at home and in the community.