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Education For All

Key to the Future
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 Primary school pupil in Trinidad
 © Caroline Penn/Panos Pictures, London

In 2000 UNESCO was asked to lead a worldwide drive to achieve Education for All by 2015. The aim: provide a good quality primary education for every child, halve adult illiteracy and secure equality of opportunity between girls and boys, women and men. Other key objectives: widening early childhood care and youth and adult learning. Five years on, however, progress as been uneven. Two of the most critical challenges: achieving gender equality and ensuring the quality of learning as enrolment rises. More
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Big Classes, a Threat to Standards
 Faced with inflation in the number of pupils, teachers have no choice
except to adapt their methods.
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School for Girls: Creating Equal Opportunity
 For the last three years, the United Nations has implemented a programme in Asia aimed at bringing girls back into the classroom.
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The Success of Private Schools in Zambia: A Dirty Secret
 Public schools are free in Zambia, but many parents prefer to send their
children to private schools.
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Uganda: The Price of Free School for All
 Increasing enrolment is one objective, but the quality of learning must
be preserved at the same time. An illustration in Masindi, Uganda.
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Afghanistan: A Difficult Return for Girls
 Four years after the fall of the Taliban, education for girls and other marginalised children is not yet a reality

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