Inequal Access to Educational Opportunities for Boys and Girls in Sistan and Baloochestan

This study classify the regions and districts according to the access of male and female students to educational opportunities in Sistan and Baloochestan. The necessary information was collected in terms of regions, districts, and sex by referring to the Iranian statistics of Census and population in 1375. We used Gini coefficient and Lorenz curve to rank the regions and measure the access to educational opportunities according to educational studying i.e. transition rate. The results indicate that educational opportunities were not distributed equally in all regions. The male's and female's access rate to education was lower than the average rate of the country. On the other hand, the girls experienced less educational opportunities in comparison with the boys and there is a significant difference between these two sexes.