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​ADDITIONAL FACTS FROM THE UNITED NATIONS

  • Enrollment in primary education in developing countries has reached 91 per cent but 57 million primary age children remain out of school.

  • More than half of children that have not enrolled in school live in sub-Saharan Africa.

  • An estimated 50 per cent of out-of-school children of primary school age live in conflict-affected areas.

  • 617 million youth worldwide lack basic mathematics and literacy skills.

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