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"Girls
still account for 60% of out-of-school children in the Arab States and 66% in
South and West Asia. Projections show that on current trends the goal of
eliminating gender disparities at both primary and secondary levels will be
missed in 2015 in over 90 countries out of 172."
UNESCO Education for All - Global Monitoring
Report 2008
UN Press Release, including important Gender
references:
http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/2007/071129_UNESCO.doc.htm
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CONSIDER FOR GIRLS and PRIMARY
EDUCATION - ENROLLMENT, but also RETENTION, STAYING IN SCHOOL.
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IMPORTANCE OF "FOLLOWING THE
MONEY." Is there accountability, does it reach grass roots and rural girls
with quality education programs that are appropriate for their culture,
religion, poverty, rural isolation, multiple demographic dynamics?
Do government figures match with
non-governmental evaluations about the effectiveness of educational programs,
facilities, accessibility, effectiveness, for primary education for girls?
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Goal
of Universal Primary Education Under Threat From Lack of Funds,
Says
UN
18 April 2008 – The internationally agreed goal of universal
primary education for every child by 2015 is at risk unless donors scale up aid
for basic education, according to a new report published today by the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
The report – prepared by the team that monitors progress towards the goal of “education for all,” the pledge made by world leaders in Dakar, the Senegalese capital, in 1999 – found that while aid to basic education increased in 2006 to $5 billion, up from $3.7 billion in 2005, it remained below its 2004 level of $5.3 billion.
In addition, bilateral aid to basic education increased from $2.7 billion in 2005 to $3.9 billion in 2006, while commitments from multilateral agencies remained constant at $1.1 billion.
The data also showed that total official development assistance (ODA) decreased by 8.4 per cent last year, which probably means a corresponding reduction in aid to basic education.
UNESCO Director-General Koďchiro Matsuura said that the fact that aid to basic education increased in 2006 over the previous year was encouraging. However, the “general slowdown” in how much donors are committing to education was still a concern.
“This could carry serious consequences for educational progress in low-income countries,” said Mr. Matsuura. “These countries need enough aid and predictable aid to support the rapid expansion of their education systems.”
The overall increase in 2006, according to the report, was mainly due to increased contributions from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, whose combined aid to basic education rose by $1.3 billion.
Noting that some $11 billion a year is needed to achieve education for all in low-income countries, the report urged donors to step up their efforts, in particular by allocating at least 10 per cent of their sector aid to basic education.
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