The successes...
- Yemen: Before 2000, 30% of school-aged girls attended school. Since 2003, 14,000 teachers have been hired and 86 schools have been built. In 1999, 1.4 million children were out of school. By 2006, this had gone down to 906,000.
- Sub-Saharan Africa: The number of children out of primary school fell by 10 million between 1999 and 2006. However, 70 million children of secondary school age have no access to secondary schools.
- Ethiopia: 7.1 million children were out of primary school in 1999. By 2006, the figure had fallen to 4.5 million.
- Tanzania: Since 2003, a million more children have enrolled in primary schools than would have done otherwise. In 1999, Tanzania had 3.15 million children out of primary school. By 2006, the figure had fallen to 143,000.
- Bangladesh: Primary school enrolment had reached more than 90% by 2005, up from 72% in 1990. In 1999, 2.35 million children were out of school. By 2006, this had fallen to 1.37 million.
- Nigeria: In 1999, Nigeria had 8.2 million children of primary school age out of school. By 2005, this had dropped to 8.1 million.
- Uganda: Free primary education was introduced in Uganda in 1997. Primary school enrolment rose from 5.3 million to 7.6 million between 1997 and 2003.
- Ghana: In 1999, 1.35 million children were out of primary school. In 2006, this had dropped to 1.2 million.
- Iran: In 1999, 1.6 million children were out of primary school. In 2006, this had dropped to 391,000.
Much more to do...
- Liberia: 60% of women aged between 15 and 25 have either never been to school or failed to complete their education.
- Pakistan: 40% of children (6.8 million) are not enrolled in primary schools.
- Nepal: 28% of children (702,000) are not enrolled in primary schools. However, this is an improvement on 1999, when the figure was 1 million.
- Philippines: The number of children out of primary school here has risen since 1999 from 895,000 to 953,000.
Source: Unesco Global Monitoring Report and its Institute of Statistics and Plan UK
