to achieve Universal Primary Education

69 million school-age 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.

Universal Primary Education
UNITED NATIONS SUMMIT
20-22 September 2010, New York
High-level Plenary

Meeting of the General Assembly

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

there are 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

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.

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.

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

1999, but 34 million boys and 41 million girls still

cannot…