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Zimbabwe has one of the highest literacy rates in Sub- Saharan Africa. An examination of the statistics reveals that despite this achievement women fall behind the men in their literacy level. The report of the World Economic Forum (2010) shows that the literacy rates for women have increased from 86% in 2006 to 89% in 2010. The rates for the males however have remained static at 94% in the same period. At independence in 1980, the new and democratically elected government showed a commitment to widening access at all levels of education; primary, secondary and tertiary (Kariwo, 2007).
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Shizha, E., Kariwo, M.T. (2011). Gender and Access to Higher Education. In: Shizha, E., Kariwo, M.T. (eds) Education and Development in Zimbabwe. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-606-9_11
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