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MDG#2 Achieve universal primary education
Education is a powerful instrument for reducing poverty and inequality, improving health and social well-being, and laying the groundwork for sustained economic growth. It is essential for building democratic societies and dynamic, globally competitive economies. Providing universal primary education, however, remains a great challenge: There are currently 115 million children - 60 percent of them girls - not in primary school, the majority living in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. MDG 2 seeks to ensure that, by 2015, all primary age boys and girls around the world are enrolled in school. If achieved, it will give millions of children the tools and skills they need to rise out of poverty and become self-reliant, contributing members of society.
Target:
- Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere - boys and girls alike - will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling.
Links:NetAid World Schoolhouse
http://www.netaid.org/projects/index_html
NetAid World Schoolhouse is a program that connects donors with grassroots organizations that provide educational opportunities for children in developing countries such as Togo, India and South Africa. These projects often benefit the most marginalized youth, including girls, drop outs and children orphaned by AIDS. Global Campaign for Education (GCE)
www.campaignforeducation.org
GCE is a coalition of organizations that promotes education as a basic human right, and mobilizes public pressure on governments and the international community to fulfill their promises to provide free, compulsory public basic education for all children. See a full list of Goal 2 links >> |
