This paper investigates inequality of access to high quality primary education in a developing country context. This issue is of interest because it is hypothesized that poor quality can demotivate parents who have other uses for the time of their children. It is found that while access to quality differ by economic status, regional differences are also very important. Furthermore, students are much more likely to attend school regularly the better the quality of the school. The concavity of the relationship between school quality and school attendance suggests that there is potential for significant gains by focusing on improving the schools at the bottom of the distribution