More Facts on Education

Here are some facts on education around the world.

One in five adults in the developing world — almost 862 million people — cannot read or write.

Most illiterate persons are female. In more than 20 developing nations, illiteracy rates amongst women exceed 70%.

As much as 115 million children of primary school age are not enrolled in school.

Girls are more likely to be excluded from school than boys when there isn’t enough money to go round. As many as two out of three out-of-school children are girls.

Social traditions and deep-rooted religious and cultural beliefs are most often the barriers to expanding girls' educational opportunities in undeveloped countries around the world.

The world needs an additional 18 million teachers to accomplish Education for All by 2015.