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Achieve universal primary education |
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88 Of the 101 million children of primary school age not in school in 2007, 88 per cent lived in Asia or Africa. |
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101 million The number of children of primary school age who are out of school was 101 million in 2007 |
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85 Globally, the proportion of primary-school-age children who attend school is 85 percent |
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30% The proportion of children in sub-Saharan Africa of
primary school age not in school |
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2 million The number of children of primary school age not in
school in 2005 |
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93 million The number of children of primary school age who are out of
school |
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60% The proportion of children of secondary school age who attend secondary school |
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1 in 6 The proportion of children of secondary school age
who attend primary school |
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23.5 million The number of out-of-school girls in South Asia compared to
18.7 million boys |
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30% The proportion of out-of-school children living in
developing countries in rural areas compared to
18% in urban areas |
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114 The number of countries where primary education lasts for six years |
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115 million The number of out-of-school primary school age children in
2001-02 |
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24 million The number of out-of-school children in West and Central
Africa |
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1 of 5 The number of out-of-school primary school age children
globally in 2001-02 |
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28% The proportion of children globally not in school at
official school entry age |
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65% The proportion of out-of-school children who have never attended school globally in 2001/02 |
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95% Net enrolment ratio in primary education in Latin American and the Caribbean in
2003/04 |
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82% The distribution of primary-school age children out of school in rural areas
compared to urban areas in 1996/2003 |
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36% The proportion of
out-of-school children with uneducated mothers
compared to 16% with educated mothers |
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