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Education
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introduction
Today, a decade after the rallying cry of Education for All, there are still 125 million children who never attend school.
Another 150 million children of primary age start school, but drop out before they can read or write. One in four adults in the developing world - 872 million people - is illiterate, and the numbers are growing.
Sixteen countries in sub-Saharan Africa (with almost half of Africa’s 6-11 year-olds) have suffered a decline in school enrolment rates.
Today, sub-Saharan Africa accounts for one-third of the total out-of-school population. On current trends, it will account for three-quarters of the total in 2015. (Oxfam)
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