‘Business as usual’ will not achieve global education goals

Jul 9, 2019

Pupils sit in a classroom at a government school in the capital city of Harare, Zimbabwe February 5, 2019, REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo - RC14196BE910

Based on current trends, just 79% of children will complete primary school in low-income countries by 2030.. Image: REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

Silvia Montoya

Director, UNESCO Institute for Statistics

Manos Antoninis

Director, Global Education Monitoring report, UNESCO

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Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, 2000–2017 and projections to 2030 Image: UIS database and projections

Grade 6 students in 10 Francophone sub-Saharan African countries – Analysis Programme of CONFEMEN Education Systems (PASEC) Image: UIS estimates and projections

Youth and adult literacy rate, 2000–2016 and projections to 2030 Image: UIS database and projections

Percentage of trained teachers by region, 2000–2017 Image: UIS database

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