1. Title written in CAPITAL letters, broken into 2 lines, if it fits with the length of the words Cover this area with photo. Proportions are approx 2*1 (24,46 * 11,65 cm) Fixed text margin Minimum clear margin for text Education for All and UN Millennium Development Goals Global Monitoring Report Launch, 24.3.2009 Danida Technical Advisory Service – Steen Sonne Andersen

2. Minimum clear margin for text Fixed margin Keep heading in CAPITALS Children’s Right to Education Children’s right to education is stated in: Convention on economic, social and cultural rights, art 14 The human rights’ convention, art 26 Convention on rights of the Child, art 28(1)(a) Women’s convention, art 10 Convention on Elimination of Racial Discrimination, art 5 (e)(v) 2

3. Minimum clear margin for text Fixed margin Keep heading in CAPITALS Commitments in year 2000 EFA: 164 countries agreed on the Dakar Framework for Action with 6 wide ranging education goals MDGs:189 countries agreed on the 8 MDGs with 21 targets, measured by 60 indicators 3

4. Minimum clear margin for text Fixed margin Keep heading in CAPITALS Quality Education – huge inequalities The rich versus the poor nations – by age 7, almost all are in school in OECD, but only 40% in SSA The rich versus the poor within nations - children from the richest households are more likely, by several multiples, to be enrolled than those from the poorest Good versus bad schooling - many children leave school lacking basic literacy and numeracy skills In SSA fewer than 25% grade 6 pupils reached a desirable level of reading in four countries, only 10% did in six other countries (SAQMEC II) 4

5. Minimum clear margin for text Fixed margin Keep heading in CAPITALS THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS 1. End Poverty and Hunger 2. Universal Education 3. Gender equality 4. Child health 5. Maternal Health 6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases 7. Environmental Sustainability 8. Global Partnership 5

6. Minimum clear margin for text Fixed margin Keep heading in CAPITALS Millenium Development Goals Report 2008 The number of extremely poor in the world fell significantly from 1990 to 2006. Progress is uneven (SSA vs China/India), but, reducing absolute poverty by half by 2015 is within reach (expected impact of economic crisis) Deaths from measles fell from 750,000 in 2000 to 250,000 in 2006, and about 80 % of children in developing countries now receive a measles vaccine Deaths from AIDS fell from 2.2 million in 2005 to 2.0 million in 2007, and the number newly infected declined from 3.0 million in 2001 to 2.7 million in 2007 In all but two regions in the world, primary school enrolment is at least 90 per cent (http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/) 6

7. Minimum clear margin for text Fixed margin Keep heading in CAPITALS However, 75 million children are still out of school (primary), and there is a real risk that UPE will not be achieved by 2015 (on current trends) Of the 113 countries that failed to achieve gender parity in primary and secondary school enrolment by 2005, only 18 are likely to by 2015 About one quarter of all children in developing countries are considered to be underweight, at risk of having long-term negative effects Maternal health goal off-track 7

8. Minimum clear margin for text Fixed margin Keep heading in CAPITALS The six EFA Goals (abbreviated) 1.Expanding and improving comprehensive early childhood care and education 2.Ensuring that by 2015 all children have access to, and complete, free and compulsory primary education of good quality 3.Ensuring that learning needs of all young people and adults are met through access to appropriate learning 4.Achieving a 50 per cent improvement in levels of adult literacy by 2015, and access to continuing education 5.Eliminating gender disparities in primary and secondary education by 2005, and achieving gender equality in education by 2015 6.Improving all aspects of the quality of education and ensuring excellence of all so that recognized and measurable learning outcomes are achieved by all 8

9. Minimum clear margin for text Fixed margin Keep heading in CAPITALS Education: Human right and catalyst for development The Education for All scope is broader than the MDGs There is a strong two-way link, but not full correspondence Education can help unlock progress on the MDGs: Facilitating broad-based growth to halve extreme poverty Reducing child and maternal mortality Tackling child malnutrition Improving public health and fight disease Strengthening democracy and citizenship 9

10. Minimum clear margin for text Fixed margin Keep heading in CAPITALS Education and poverty reduction Basic education boosts household income; cross- country studies show one year additional education explaining 10% increase in income (significantly higher for women than men); Good quality schooling is related to greater economic growth and less poverty – growth will also be converted into poverty reduction for more people Each additional year of schooling is estimated to lift annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth by 0.37%, as well as significant improved cognitive skills (explaining up to 1% GDP growth increase) Levels of productivity and patterns of income distribution are closely linked to education 10

11. Minimum clear margin for text Fixed margin Keep heading in CAPITALS Child mortality In 2006, for the first time, annual deaths among children under five were below 10 million Between 1990 and 2006, about 27 countries made no progress in reducing childhood deaths. A child born in a developing country is 13 times more likely to die before turning five than a child born in an industrialized country Disparities persist in all regions: mortality rates are higher for children from rural and poor families and whose mothers lack a basic education Undernutrition the likely underlying cause in more than 1/3 of all deaths of children under five 11

12. Minimum clear margin for text Fixed margin Keep heading in CAPITALS Maternal health More than 500,000 women in developing countries die annually in childbirth or of complications from pregnancy (86% in SSA and Southern Asia) The average lifetime risk of a woman in a least developed country dying from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth is more than 300 times greater than for a woman living in an industrialized country. Improving maternal and newborn health cannot be done only through health services. A crucial action to address this issue is to educate women and girls and reduce their poverty 12

13. Minimum clear margin for text Fixed margin Keep heading in CAPITALS Education for girls Educated girls: have children later in life (complications from pregnancy and childbirth are an important cause of mortality for girls aged 15–19 worldwide) have children with higher survival rates and better nutrition and health (even if controlling for income) are more likely to immunize their children, be better informed about nutrition, and use improved birth spacing practices have improved economic productivity – benefitting the entire household and reducing poverty And, educated girls become healthier women 13

14. Minimum clear margin for text Fixed margin Keep heading in CAPITALS Increase focus on early childhood development Child mortality has been drastically reduced over the last 20 years. But, hundreds of millions of children do not reach their developmental potential Development in early childhood has important and life-long effects (e.g. on health, intelligence, education, productivity) Cost/benefit of early childhood programmes are more effective and give even higher return (15-17 %) than later education and support 14

15. Minimum clear margin for text Fixed margin Keep heading in CAPITALS Health and disease control Primary education of mothers can lower the risk of stunting by 25% Strong evidence that primary education has positive impact on knowledge of HIV prevention, and secondary education even stronger impact Expanding the education system can contribute to reducing HIV/AIDS and other diseases 15

16. Minimum clear margin for text Fixed margin Keep heading in CAPITALS Education, democracy and citizenship Values, empowerment, informed judgment Attitude to and understanding of democracy Peace building and reconciliation 16

17. Minimum clear margin for text Fixed margin Keep heading in CAPITALS 17 Education for All and MDGs 2015 MDGs have been useful in galvanizing support, also in education But, the MDG focus on quality of education is limited (learning outcomes, continuous assessment, quality inputs) More focus on EFA goals needed now – also to help achieve MDG goals by 2015