Education

‘Business as usual’ will not achieve global education goals

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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