Education
Facts for Action
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to
change the world.
Nelson Mandela
Photo: Paul Jeffrey/ACT-CWS |
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Over 100 million school-age children are not in school.
MDG 2: While some progress is being made in this area, neither sub-Saharan Africa nor South Asia is likely to reach this goal. -
46% of girls in the world’s poorest countries have no access to primary education.
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More than 1 in 4 adults cannot read or write: 2/3 of these are women.
MDG 3: Gender gaps continue to exist at all educational levels. Especially worrying are the wide gaps in primary education in sub- Saharan Africa and South Asia where almost 80% of the world’s out-of-school children live. -
Universal primary education would cost $10 billion dollars a year -- about what Americans spend on ice cream in a year.