CEDAW/C/2006/III/3/Add.3 The following general goals were discussed at the Round Table: - To universalize access to basic education and to promote equity and a satisfying education - To promote basic education with a focus on an effective acquisition of knowledge, aptitudes and values - To enlarge the scope of basic education - To improve learning conditions - To universalize access to basic education for all 7-year old children - To increase compulsory education (elementary school) from 4 to 6 years of studies - To improve learning results - To support initiatives aiming at the development of the pre-school children (3-6 year old) - To encourage the development of private learning - To shorten the global rate of adults illiteracy to 12 percent and to eliminate illiteracy by 2000 - To promote professional training for the young, giving priority to rural and sub-urban zones. In addition, the following specific goals were emphasized: - To use information channels and to introduce new educational technologies - To improve management capacity and data analysis to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the education system - To enlarge the absorptive capacity of the education system and to provide equipment to schools in order to improve quality of teaching - To revise the study programs, with a view to adapting their contents to national realities and the requirements of the process of development. Chile Basic Statistics –Education Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics Country Chile Country Chile Country Chile 4 Year 2002/03 Year 2002/03 Education Enrolment – Primary Gross Enrolment Ratio (%) Net Enrolment Ratio (%) Total Male Female Total Male Female 100 101 99 86 87 86 Education Enrolment – Secondary Gross Enrolment Ratio (%) Net Enrolment Ratio (%) Total Male Female Total Male Female 89 88 90 79 78 79 Year 2002/03 Total 42 Education Enrolment - Tertiary Gross Enrolment Ratio (%) Male Female 44 41 Gender Parity Index GER – NER … Gender Parity Index GER – NER … Gender Parity Index … 06-39749