The Government are placing girls and women at the centre of our aid programme. All Department for International Development (DFID) education programmes will have a focus on girls and young women. We are working with existing and new development partners to combine general support to education systems with targeted interventions to address girls' drop out rates and support their transition to lower secondary schooling. Following a comprehensive review of all UK aid programmes the Government plan to support at least 9 million children in primary school, over half of whom will be girls, and 2 million children in secondary school by 2014.DFID will track completion of a full cycle of primary education (for girls and for boys) as a key indicator in each of our partner countries where we have education programmes.