Number of children not in primary education continues to fall, although below 2015 goals.
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[i]Long road to learning: Tanzania has been held up as an example of progress[/i]
[quote]Despite an initial surge that saw tens of millions of extra children enrolling in primary schools, the report says progress is now "grinding to a halt".
The report, published in Paris on Tuesday, shows the number of children without this basic level of education has fallen from 108 million to 61 million in the first decade of this century.
It means that since 2000, the percentage of the world's children entering primary education has risen from 80% to 90%.
It's a leap forward, but some distance from reaching the finishing line.
"It is simply unacceptable that out-of-school numbers have stagnated, and in Africa have risen," said Gordon Brown, former UK prime minister and now UN global education envoy.
But he added: "Now is not the time for defeatism and despair," and called on the international community to "redouble our efforts".
Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report, says the drive for universal primary education had enjoyed an initial "honeymoon period" with strong political backing and financial support.
If that early rate of progress had been maintained, the target would have been achieved, she says.
But at the current slow rate of change, Dr Rose says it would take at least until 2030.
Why has it proved so difficult to provide primary schools? If the world can put a spacecraft on Mars, surely it can build and staff enough classrooms. This pledge on primary schools has now been a target since 1990.
"To a large extent it's a lack of money, aid donors have not provided the $16bn (£10bn) needed to get every child into school," says Dr Rose.[/quote]
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Progress is still being made at least, with the number of those out of school having dropped from 108 million in 1999 to 57 million now. The future is bright.
Wow, way to fuck up, Sri Lanka. Get your shit together.
nigeria is horrible
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