A provincial measure that has sought to increase the enrollment of both working children and the girl children is the promulgation of the Ordinance for Compulsory Primary Education that makes it mandatory for parents and guardians to enroll children of age 5-11 in schools.  

Free provision of education should predictably have a positive impact on enrollment rates in the short run. In the long run however, the effect of the subsidy can only be gauged by comparing the effect on enrollment with the fluctuations in dropout rates and retention rates.

While poverty and the need to assist in augmenting the family income may be a major reason for the significant dropout rates, another major factor is the issue of relevance – or lack thereof – of education currently being imparted in public schools.