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What Will It Take to Achieve Learning For All?

WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO ACHIEVE LEARNING FOR ALL? Education is a powerful driver of development and one of the strongest instruments for reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity. Although there has been great progress in recent decades in getting children into school, evidence shows that many children and youth leave school without having learned the basic skills needed for life and work. THE CHALLENGE: Too many children remain out of school, and those who are in school aren't learning the skills they need for life and work. 61 MILLION 32 MILLION children are An estimated 250 still out of primary school. In some developing countries, one-quarter to one-half of youth who have graduated from primary school cannot read a single sentence. of these children million children are not able to read or write. One-half of the world's out-of-school children live in sub-Saharan Africa, and over 1/5 live in South and West Asia. The poorest and most marginalized are the most affected. In some emerging economies, 3 in 10 youths cannot do basic arithmetic. 1in 5 Fragile and conflict-affected 30% countries account for more than 15- to 24-year-olds has not completed primary school and lacks skills for work. of all children not completing primary school. Sources: World Bank, UNESCO, OECD is critical to ending poverty and 171 MILLION 12 people could be lifted out of poverty, reducing the global rate by if all students in low-income countries acquired basic reading skills. The rise in women's education prevented more than C+ A+ 4 MILLION CHILD DEATHS Improving from an average to an excellent performer on national learning outcomes is linked to a rise in annual economic growth of 2% between 1970 and 2009. Providing girls ONE EXTRA YEAR 10-20* of education beyond the average boosts eventual wages by Sources: World Bank, UNESCO, The Lancet Countries are making progress toward the education Millennium Development Goals and LEARNING FOR ALL Girls' enrollment in Ethiopia In India, the pupil-to-teacher ratio improved from 43:1 in 2004 to 31:1 in 2011, increased to ......... 84° 43→(31 2004 thanks to the appointment of 1.8 million teachers since 2002. 2011 in 2011, from just 34 ALMOST 6 MILLION GIRLS n 2000. School systems are now held accountable for actions limiting access to girls' education. in Bangladesh now attend secondary school, many of them because of targeted stipends and incentives. The Haitian government provided free schooling to From 2011 to 2012, Nigeria's Lagos state saw a 772,000 100% INCREASE in passing rates for senior secondary exams in English, math, and biology. children in 2011. Sources: World Bank, Haitian Government worldbank.org/education, @wbeducation, April 2013

What Will It Take to Achieve Learning For All?

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Education is a powerful driver of development and one of the strongest instruments for reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity. Although there has been great progress in recent decades in get...

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