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YOUTH AND SKILLSPutting education to work
Olivier LABERegional Education Workshop for Southern and
Eastern African countries
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), 6 Nov., 2012
Key messages: EFA Global Monitoring Report 2012
Progress towards Education for All is stagnating
Aid to education is slowing down
Slow progress has left a huge skills deficit among young people
Poor urban and rural youth, especially women, urgently need support to acquire skills
Progress towards EFA is stagnating
Goal 1: Early childhood care and education 171 million children under 5 were affected by moderate or
severe stunting in 2010. Less than half went to pre-school in 2010; less than 1 in 6
in low-income countries.
Goal 2: Universal primary education Number out of school stagnated at 61 million in 2010, half
live in sub-Saharan Africa. Of 100 children not in school, 47 expected never to enter. More than 4 in 10 drop out in half of poor countries. 41% in sub-Saharan Africa start 2 or more years late.
Number of out-of-school children of primary school age, 1999–2010
Progress towards UPE has ground to a halt
Progress towards EFA is stagnating
Goal 3: Youth and adult learning needs In poorer countries, only one half of young people
enrol in lower secondary school. 71 million adolescents are out of school, remaining
unchanged since 2007.
Goal 4: Adult literacy 775 million adults could not read or write in 2010,
two-thirds of whom are still women. Even in rich countries, 160 million adults have poor
literacy skills.
Progress towards EFA is stagnating
Goal 5: Gender parity and equality In 17 countries, there are fewer than 9 girls in primary
school for every 10 boys. Boys are disadvantaged in over half the 97 countries
that have not achieved gender parity in secondary school.
Goal 6: Quality of education Of 650 million children of primary-school age, at least
250 million could be failing to read or count. In 33 countries, less than three-quarters of primary
school teachers were trained to the national standard.
$16 billion needed for basic education in low income countries – but only $1.9 billion provided in aid in 2010.
An additional $8 billion needed to send all young people to lower secondary school.
Financing Education for All
Most poor countries have maintained or increased their education spending.These countries also need aid: In 9 Sub-Saharan African countries, donors fund more than a quarter of public spending on education. BUT donors are not keeping their promise in Dakar in 2000 to ensure no countries seriously committed to Education for All will be thwarted by a lack of resources.
There is a big funding gap:
Source: OECD-DAC (2012).
Has aid to education reached its peak?
Total aid to education disbursements, 2002 to 2010
For some donors, a large proportion of ‘aid’ never leaves the country
Source: OECD-DAC (2012).
Aid needs to be spent on education and skills in poor countries
How much do donors spend on skills development?
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