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Sharp Drop in Aid to Basic Education Jeopardizes School Chances for Millions

 

Paris, 23 April – Sharp declines in aid to basic education to developing countries threatens to reverse progress towards the international goal of universal primary schooling. This is the stark conclusion drawn by UNESCO’s Education for All Global Monitoring Report Team.

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

http://www.unesco.org/en/efareport/reports/2009-governance/

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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