Reaching out-of-school children is crucial for development

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This paper, jointly released by the Education for All Global Monitoring Report and the UNESCO Institutefor Statistics, shows that progress in reducing the number of children out of school has stalled. This notonly denies millions of children their right to education, but also jeopardizes wider development efforts.The paper sets out five reasons why reversing this trend is urgent.

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Corporate authors
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, UIS
Year of publication
2012
Place of publication
Paris
Pages
7
Publisher
UNESCO
Series
Global education monitoring report: policy paper, 4
Language
English
Topic
Global education agendas
Equity and inclusion in education
Resource type
Case studies and research papers
Project
Education for All, EFA
EFA Global Monitoring Report, GMR
Keywords
out of school youth
out of school education
access to education
education and development
disadvantaged groups
disadvantaged children
educationally disadvantaged