Youth voices heard as report shows only half of countries have primary schooling for all
Young people are rising up to demand their right to an education 国产视频 and they are calling on the world国产视频檚 leaders to take urgent action.
Their voices are heard in a special youth version of an annual report which for the past 15 years has tracked progress towards getting every child into school. Their inspirational quotes add a human face to the bare statistics contained in the main聽2015 Education For All Global Monitoring Report, which is released today.
It reveals that just one-third of countries have achieved all of the measurable Education for All goals set in 2000 and only half of all countries have managed to get every boy and girl into primary education.
The report 国产视频 titled Education for All 2000-2015: Achievements and Challenges and produced by UNESCO 国产视频 also said an extra $22 billion a year is needed on top of already ambitious government contributions in order to ensure new education targets now being set for the year 2030 are met.
Chernor Bah says the youth report shows the 国产视频渉opes and dreams国产视频
The youth version of the report has been produced by A World at School in association with UNESCO. It has a foreword by A World at School co-founder Chernor Bah, who co-ordinates our Global Youth Ambassadors programme which has 500 young advocates in 85 countries. He said the youth version was 国产视频渋nnovative and compelling国产视频.
Chernor added: 国产视频淭he stories of these young people illuminate the remarkable progress the world has made in education, the heartbreaking and costly failures, the urgent challenges that lie ahead and the hopes and dreams of a still optimistic generation.
Read the youth version of the 2015 Global Monitoring Report
国产视频淭he stories reveal a glimpse of a huge groundswell of activism for education. The youth who defied terrorists and joined hands to declare #IamMalala and #BringBackOurGirls, who took over the United Nations to call for education and who are creating pressure globally with the #UpForSchool Petition 国产视频 set to be the largest petition in history 国产视频 are doing some revolutionary things in villages and cities around the world to make the dream of education a reality.国产视频
Chernor said it was 国产视频渟imply unacceptable国产视频 that development aid to basic education continues to be cut and that just 2% of humanitarian aid is spent getting children who are traumatised by disaster and聽violence back in the classroom.国产视频
A page from the Global Monitoring Report youth version
The youth version of the report is packed with facts, figures and the six Education For All goals. But it also contains some moving and inspirational quotes from young people and youth advocates 国产视频 some of them our Global Youth Ambassadors 国产视频 affected by the issues behind those goals.
Ahmed, 14, from Pakistan said: 国产视频淎 friend of mine left school because he was the eldest of many siblings and his father couldn国产视频檛 feed them all. Now he runs his father国产视频檚 French fries stall.国产视频 Fauzia, also 14 and from Ghana, said: 国产视频淲hen a girl child is educated and becomes a career woman in te future, she can also support her nation and other countries around the world.国产视频
As the Global Monitoring Report was launched, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova said: 国产视频淭he world has made tremendous progress towards Education for All. Despite not meeting the 2015 deadline, millions more children are in school than would have been had the trends of the 1990s persisted.
Watch this video to see key findings from the Global Monitoring Report 2015
国产视频淗owever, the agenda is far from finished. We need to see specific, well-funded strategies that prioritise the poorest 国产视频 especially girls 国产视频 improve the quality of learning and reduce the literacy gap so that education becomes meaningful and universal.国产视频
The six Education For All goals set in 2000 were:
- Expand early childhood care and education, especially for the most vulnerable children 国产视频 47% of countries reached the goal and 8% were close
- Achieve universal primary education, particularly for girls, ethnic minorities and marginalised children 国产视频 52% of countries achieved this and 10% were close
- Ensure equal access to learning and life skills for youth and adults 国产视频撀46%聽of countries reached universal lower secondary enrolment
- Achieve a 50% reduction in levels of adult illiteracy by 2015 国产视频撀爋nly 25% of countries reached this goal, 32% remain very far from it
- Achieve gender parity and equality 国产视频 gender parity will be achieved at the primary level in 69% of countries by 2015. At secondary level, only 48% of countries will reach the goal
- Improve the quality of education and ensure measurable learning outcomes for all 国产视频 the numbers of pupils per teacher decreased in 121 of 146 countries between 1990 and 2012 at the primary level聽but four聽million more teachers are still needed to get all children into school
Read more inspiring stories and find out how you can join the youth movement on our special Education Verdict website, where we will continue to add great content.
And read A World at School国产视频檚 campaigns director Ben Hewitt国产视频檚 blog on the Global Monitoring Report.