Did you attend school when you were little

Did you attend school when you were little?

ON THE EARTH LIVE AROUND 6. 8 BILLION PEOPLE. HOWEVER, ABOUT 69 MILLION SCHOOLAGE CHILDREN ARE NOT IN SCHOOL. ALMOST HALF OF THEM (31 MILLION) ARE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, AND MORE THAN A QUARTER (18 MILLION) ARE IN SOUTHERN ASIA.

THE SECOND UNITED NATIONS MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL – TO ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION UNITED NATIONS SUMMIT 20 -22 September 2010, New York High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly

The TARGET is to ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling. But 58 out of the 86 countries that have not yet reached universal primary education will not achieve it by 2015… At present, less than 55 per cent of children of the appropriate age in developing countries attend secondary school. In Oceania, for instance, almost two thirds of children of secondary school age are out of school. In sub. Saharan Africa, only a quarter of children of secondary school age are in secondary school

DROP-OUT RATES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA REMAIN HIGH Across Africa, there an estimated 80 million child workers, a number that could rise to 100 million by 2015. Since the problem is closely linked to the continent's poverty, and can only be eliminated with increases in family incomes and children's educational opportunities

GENDER According to the ‘Education For All Global Monitoring Report 2008’ countries such as Cambodia, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands in the East Asia-Pacific region, and Afghanistan and Pakistan in South Asia, registered a mere 20 percent or even less of gross enrollment ratio for girls at the secondary level. Nepal, Burma, and Lao PDR, meanwhile, have 40 percent of girls enrolling in secondary schools. India has only one out of two girls attending secondary school.

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Eliminate school fees, particularly for low-income families Investing in teaching infrastructure and resources Promoting education for girls Offer free meals and basic health services at school to improve children’s health, nutrition and cognitive development Provide children with transportation to and from school when needed.

WHAT IS THE UN DOING? The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) supports countries in building quality primary education systems that reach all children The World Food Programme (WFP) provides school meals in Ethiopia, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) supports a programme called “Berhane Hewan” which advocates putting an end to child marriages and keeping girls in school The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) partnered with UNESCO to address problems affecting education in politically unstable environments

28 MILLION MORE CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO ATTEND SCHOOL SINCE 1999, BUT 34 MILLION BOYS AND 41 MILLION GIRLS STILL CANNOT…

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