Keeping Our Promises

2011. szeptember 20. 11:16

The global crisis in education does not make headlines. And you don't see images of children starving for want of classrooms, books and teachers.

2011. szeptember 20. 11:16
Gordon Brown
Huffington Post

„When governments gather for the annual IMF-World Bank meeting in Washington next week their agenda will be dominated by Europe's debt problems and economic recession. Crucial though these are, my concern is that critical issues that will determine our long-term future are being pushed to the sidelines. Nowhere is this more evident than in education.


The global crisis in education does not make headlines. It doesn't register in bond markets. And you don't see images of children starving for want of classrooms, books and teachers. This is a silent and invisible crisis. But make no mistake - it is an emergency destroying lives on an epic scale, and holding back the economic progress of nations.

Headline numbers tell part of the story. In the midst of our increasingly knowledge-based global economy, there are 68 million children of primary school age out of school. Millions more drop out after just one or two years of education. While children in Britain receive on average around 14 years of education, their counterparts in the poorest parts of Africa average less than 4 years.

Shocking as these facts are, they understate the problem. Across Africa and much of South Asia, children are emerging from primary school unable to read, write or conduct basic numeracy tasks. Chronic shortages of teachers - around 1 million in sub-Saharan Africa - textbooks and classrooms all contribute.”
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