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1. Further to its previous comments, the Committee takes due note of the information sent by the Government, particularly the statistics on the progress in the number of girls in middle-level schools and general and technical secondary education.

2. It notes from the statistics that the percentage of girls in middle-level education has increased only slightly over the period 1990 to 1993, from 41.6 per cent for the school year 1990-91 to 42.9 per cent for the school year 1992-93. It has also increased slightly in technical secondary education (from 31.1 per cent for 1990-91 to 31.7 per cent for 1991-92), but has dropped slightly for general secondary education (50.6 per cent for 1990-91 to 49.6 per cent for 1991-92). The Committee requests the Government to continue to inform it of the positive measures taken, and their results, to increase more substantially the rate of attendance of girls in education, particularly middle and secondary levels.

3. With regard to progress in the number of girls and women in higher education and vocational training, the Committee notes that the competent services have been instructed to supply the statistics requested which will be sent to the Office as soon as they are received. It reiterates the hope that these statistics will be sent with the next report.

4. The Committee has also noted that the information on the effect given to non-discrimination under the provisions of Decree No. 87-209 of 8 September 1987 and the Ministerial Order of 1 August 1988 concerning training and further training abroad have been requested from the Ministry of Higher Education and hopes that they will be sent with the next report.