Topic > Achieving universal primary education - 525

Achieving universal primary education (UPE is the second of the MDGs. It requires that every child enrolls in a primary school and completes the full cycle of primary education. Every child in to achieve this goal by 2015, all countries should attend school. In many countries, considerable progress has been made in this regard, particularly in encouraging enrollment in the first level of education world have significantly improved enrollments, narrowed gender gaps, and sustained opportunities for disadvantaged groups. Enrollments in South and West Asia (SWA) and Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), in particular, increased by 23%, respectively. and by 51% between 1999 and 2007. Primary education net enrollment rates (NER) has increased at a much faster rate than in the 1990s and in 2007 increased to 86% and 73% respectively. % in these two regions. For girls, NER rates in 2007 were slightly lower, at 84% and 71%, respectively. The number of children of primary school age not attending school has decreased by 33 million per day...