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Sharp Drop in Aid to Basic Education Jeopardizes School
Chances for Millions
According to the latest figures from the OECD’s
Development Assistance Committee (OECD-DAC) for 2007, total aid commitments to
basic education declined from US $5.5 billion in 2006 to US $4.3 billion in
2007, representing a decrease of nearly 22%.
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UNESCO Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2009
Education for All - Global Monitoring Report - Overcoming Inequality:
Why Governance Matters
Despite much progress since 2000, millions of children,
youth and adults still lack access to good quality education and the benefits
it brings. This inequality of opportunity is undermining progress towards achieving
Education for All by 2015.
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"The UNESCO Report documents
what it describes as a "vast gulf" in educational opportunity
separating rich and poor countries."
"Girls are still neglected in
education. Gender enrolment gaps remain large across much of South Asia and
Sub-Saharan Africa. Disadvantages based on language, race, ethnicity and
rural-urban differences also remain deeply entrenched.
There are still and
estimated 776 million adults lacking basic literacy worldwide - 16%
of the world's population. Two-thirds are women.
One in three children in developing
countries (193 million in total) reaches primary school age having had their
brain development and education prospects impaired by malnutrition."
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