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The Brainwaves Click on the link to watch the trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8-bVTJn1No

A Video Anthology

countries announced rates, non-proficiency Are there groups that
the temporary closure rates remain disturb- have a more difficult
of schools, impacting ingly high. In 2018, some access to education?
© UNICEF/NYHQ2015-1710/El Baba of students worldwide. thirds of whom are Yes, women and girls
773 million adults—two-
more than 91 per cent
women—remained illit-
By April 2020, close to
are one of these groups.
erate in terms of reading
1.6 billion children and
About one-third of
and writing skills. And
youth were out of school.
countries in the devel-
Globally, How much progress the sheer magnitude oping regions have not
of school closures due
achieved gender parity
have we made so far?
to COVID-19 is likely to
in primary education.
QUALITY EDUCATION: around The primary school com- set back progress on These disadvantages in
access to education.
pletion rate reached 84
education also translate
WHY IT MATTERS 5.5 million per cent in 2018, up from Where are people strug- into lack of access to
70 per cent in 2000 and
gling the most to have
skills and limited oppor-
more girls under current trends, is access to education? tunities in the labour
expected to reach 89 per
market for young women.
What is the goal here? to fostering tolerance and cent globally by 2030. Sub-Saharan Africa faces
more peaceful societies. than boys of In 74 countries with the biggest challenges What can we do?
Ensure inclusive and qual- in providing schools with
ity education for all and Over the past decade, primary comparable data for basic resources. The sit- Ask our governments
promote lifelong learning. major progress has been the period 2011-2019, to place education as a
made towards increasing around seven in ten chil- uation is extreme at the priority in both policy
Why does education access to education and school age dren aged three and four primary and lower sec- and practice. Lobby our
matter? school enrollment rates were developmentally on ondary levels, where less governments to make
at all levels, particularly were out track in at least three of than one half of schools firm commitments to
‘’If I said to you: ’You are a genius and the world needs your contribution, would you believe me?’’ (Angela Maiers) Education enables for girls. Nevertheless, the following domains: in sub-Saharan Africa provide free primary
upward socioeconomic about 258 million children literacy-numeracy, have access to drinking school education to all,
mobility and is a key annd youth were still out of school physical development, water, electricity, com- including vulnerable or
The Brainwaves Video Anthology is a collection of over 2,000 videos with 5.5 million views in 234 countries. Here you will meet the thinkers, to escaping poverty. of school in 2018 — nearly social-emotional devel- puters and the Internet. marginalized groups.
dreamers, and innovators; some of the brightest minds in education. Education helps reduce one fifth of the global pop- in 2018 opment and learning. Inequalities will also To find out more
inequalities and reach gen- ulation in that age group. The global adult literacy worsen unless the digital about Goal #4 and
der equality and is crucial As the COVID-19 pandemic rate (aged 15 years and divide – the gap between other Sustainable
spread across the globe, older) was 86 per cent under-connected and Development Goals, visit:
in 2018, while the youth highly digitalized coun- http://www.un.org/
literacy rate (15 to 24 tries – is not addressed.
sustainabledevelopment
years) was 92 per cent.
What challenges remain?

Despite years of steady
growth in enrolment

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