Chad

Background Information

Region

Sub-Saharan Africa

World Bank income group

Low income

Percent of population aged 10-24

33% (UNFPA, 2023)

Total primary school age population (both sexes)

3,134,972 (UIS, 2022)

Total secondary school age population (both sexes)

2,861,499 (UIS, 2022)

Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (% of women aged 20-24)

67%

Source: UNSDG , 2015

Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 women ages 15-19)

139

Source: UN Human Development Reports , 2018

Percentage of women who ever experienced physical violence since age 15

No data available

Percentage of married women employed in the last 12 months (% of married or in-union women 15-49)

53%

Source: DHS , 2015

Education Snapshot Back to Top

Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks (Years)

10

Source: UIS , 2019

Percentage of upper secondary schools providing life skills-based HIV and sexuality education within the formal curriculum or as part of extra-curricular activities

No data available

Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation facilities

No data available

Source: UIS

Women as a percentage of teachers in tertiary education Women as a percentage

Source: UIS , 2020

Men as a percentage of teachers in pre-primary education Men as a percentage

Source: UIS , 2022

Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure % GDP spent on education

Source: UIS , 2023

Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading

  • Female 7%

  • Male 8%

Female: UIS, 2014

Male: UIS, 2019

Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics

  • Female 2%

  • Male 2%

Female: UIS, 2019

Male: UIS, 2019

Experiencing bullying in the last 12 months in lower secondary education

No data available

Youth not in education, employment or training

  • Female 46%

  • Male 25%

Female: ILO, 2018

Male: ILO, 2018

Completion rate

Primary school age

  • Female 24%

  • Male 31%

Female: UIS, 2014

Male: UIS, 2014

Lower secondary school age

  • Female 9%

  • Male 18%

Female: UIS, 2019

Male: UIS, 2014

Upper secondary school age

  • Female 5%

  • Male 15%

Female: UIS, 2014

Male: UIS, 2014

Out-of-school rate

Primary school

  • Female 59%

  • Male 54%

Female: UIS, 2019

Male: UIS, 2019

Lower secondary school

  • Female 49%

  • Male 36%

Female: UIS, 2014

Male: UIS, 2014

Upper secondary school

  • Female 74%

  • Male 54%

Female: UIS, 2019

Male: UIS, 2019

Legal Frameworks Back to Top

Presence of legislation on child protection, to prevent corporal punishment in schools

3

Limited protection from violence in educational institutions

Source: HerAtlas , 2019

Presence of legal framework protecting the right to education without discrimination based on sex/gender

4

Enshrines right to education, only for a group of persons, without discrimination based on sex/gender

Source: HerAtlas , 2019

Presence of legislation to protect and facilitate education of pregnant adolescent girls

2

No explicit protection of the right to education of pregnant and parenting girls

Source: HerAtlas , 2019

Existence of processes to support coordinated action on gender equality in and through education by ministries, civil society, youth organizations and other actors

Data coming soon!

Existence of systematic processes to review and update curricula and learning resources, with a view to eradicating gender stereotypes and promoting gender equality

Data coming soon!

Training on gender-responsive pedagogies is embedded in teacher training programmes

Data coming soon!

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