Education in Chad

U.S. Army Africa Lt. Col. Stephen Salerno congratulates a student upon completion of military legal education in N'Djaema, Chad, September 2010.

Education in Chad is challenging due to the nation's dispersed population and a certain degree of reluctance on the part of parents to send their children to school. Although attendance is compulsory, only 68% of boys continue their education past primary school, and over half of the population is illiterate. Higher education is provided at the University of N'Djamena.[1][2]

The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI)[3] finds that Chad is fulfilling only 52.7% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to education based on the country's level of income.[4] HRMI breaks down the right to education by looking at the rights to both primary education and secondary education. While taking into consideration Chad's income level, the nation is achieving 74.7% of what should be possible based on its resources (income) for primary education but only 30.7% for secondary education.[5]

  1. ^ "Background Notes: Chad
  2. ^ "Chad",Encyclopædia Britannica.
  3. ^ "Human Rights Measurement Initiative – The first global initiative to track the human rights performance of countries". humanrightsmeasurement.org. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  4. ^ "Chad - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  5. ^ "Chad - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved 2022-03-17.