Today, 61 million children are not going to school and 758 million adults are illiterate.
The poverty of families, remoteness from school, lack of trained teachers, lack of equipment, being a female (early marriage and pregnancy, school insecurity), preventable diseases, necessary migration to survive, natural disasters…. all these elements combine to deprive millions of quality education.
And yet...
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Education is a fundamental right recognised by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Education is the key to countries' economic, social and sustainable development.
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Education fosters human development and gives each person the power to make free choices.
