Name: 減少非洲女童曠課現象 (Reducing Girls' School Absences in Africa)
Uploaded: 2025-05-17T06:12:53.000Z
Duration: 3 min

From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report

來自 VOA Learning English 的教育報告

A new study shows that simple, low- cost interventions can help teenage girls in Africa stay in school during their monthly periods.

一項新的研究表明，簡單、低成本的干預措施可以幫助非洲少女在月經期間留在學校。

Paul Montgomery of Oxford University in Britain led the study. He said women are a driving force of

英國牛津大學的保羅-蒙哥馬利上司了這項研究。他說，女性是

development across Africa. So it is important, he said, to keep girls in school.

是以，他說，讓女孩繼續上學非常重要。是以，他說，讓女孩繼續上學非常重要。

One hundred twenty girls in Ghana took part in the study.

加納的 120 名女孩參加了這項研究。

他們的平均年齡為 16 歲。他們參加了

three secondary schools in urban areas and one in a rural area.

三所中學位於城市地區，一所位於農村地區。

In the study, girls at two of the schools received free sanitary pads

在這項研究中，兩所學校的女生獲得了免費的衛生護墊

and lessons on puberty. Their attendance increased by an

和青春期課程。他們的出勤率增加了

average of six days during a 65- day school term.

The puberty lessons included information about personal care during menstruation.

青春期課程包括有關月經期間個人護理的資訊。

The girls also learned about the biology of their developing bodies and about pregnancy.

女孩們還學習了身體發育的生物學知識和懷孕知識。

At the third school, the girls received the lessons but not the free pads.

在第三所學校，女孩們得到了課程，但沒有得到免費護墊。

Attendance by these girls also improved about the same amount, over five months.

在五個月的時間裡，這些女孩的出勤率也提高了差不多。

At the fourth school the girls did not receive the pads or the lessons.

在第四所學校，女孩們沒有得到護墊或課程。

That group showed no improvement in school attendance.

Paul Montgomery says the girls in the study had several reasons for missing school during their monthly bleeding.

保羅-蒙哥馬利（Paul Montgomery）說，研究中的女孩在每月出血期間缺課有幾個原因。

A majority expressed embarrassment about the changes

Paul Montgomery says the interventions might not only keep girls from missing school, but also

保羅-蒙哥馬利（Paul Montgomery）說，干預措施不僅可以防止女孩失學，還可以

The Public Library of Science published the study in its journal PLOS One.

公共科學圖書館在其期刊《PLOS One》上發表了這項研究。

A larger study is taking place in Uganda until 2015.

一項更大規模的研究正在烏干達進行，直至 2015 年。

For VOA Learning English, I'm Mario Ritter.

我是 VOA Learning English 的馬里奧-裡特爾（Mario Ritter）。