Saturday, March 04, 2006

UNESCO - Report on children out of school

Recomended Source by German Yañez:

UNESCO presents it's new report on children education. About one hundred and fifteen million children are out of school.
The objetive is school for all children by 2015.

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UNESCO, 1 March -Education News-


One hundred and fifteen million primary school-age children are out of school according to a joint UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS / UNICEF global estimate. This number equals 18% - or almost one in five - of the children worldwide in this age group. And many of the children who are in school may never complete their primary education or finish it without attaining even basic literacy skills.
The report will soon be available in French.

Download or View the report.