Reading from the blackboard in a refugee camp in Pakistan. Education is critically important for displaced children
The target date for the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) was 2015, and their record of achievement was mixed. There was good news for the most prominent goal, MDG 2: ensure that all children have access to primary education. Significant progress in enrolment was made in countries such as Ethiopia and Tanzania, mainly by abolishing school fees. Less progress was made in countries such as Nigeria and Pakistan where political issues (ethnic conflict, weak democracy and political corruption) had an impact.
There are still 58 million children in the developing world who are not enrolled in school because they:
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