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 ACCRA, Ghana (AP) - In a muggy college auditorium, first lady Laura Bush on Tuesday announced a U.S.-backed program to provide 15 million textbooks for students in sub-Saharan Africa where more than one-third of primary school aged children are not enrolled in school.
"It's not uncommon in rural areas to see just one textbook for a whole classroom," Mrs. Bush said at Accra Teacher Training College.
"Girls, especially girls in rural villages, are much less likely than boys to attend school. And students who live in poverty have few opportunities for schooling because their parents cannot afford the school fees or buy uniforms and books."
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