MDG 2: ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
What Do We Want To Achieve?
Ensure that all children, boys and girls alike, can complete a full course of primary schooling
What Have We Already Achieved?
Between 1999 and 2009, 43 million children worldwide were enrolled in primary education
The rate of enrollment in sub-Saharan African has increased from 58 to 76 per cent
Some of the most impoverished countries are those that have most advanced the access to universal primary education
What Challenges Remain?
There are still 61 million children left to enroll in schooling worldwide and more than half of them live in sub-Saharan Africa
The youth illiteracy rate exceeds more than 120 million people worldwide