​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.