1. Africa’s great learning divide – inequality as barrier to progress in education Kevin Watkins Center for Universal Education | Brookings Institution April 17, 2013

2. What’s at stake? A basic human right Shared prosperity and inclusive growth Progress in health, nutrition and poverty reduction Gender equity Africa’s future

3. The primary school cohort – 127 mn 30 MILLION NEVER ENROLL ANOTHER 33 MILLION DROP OUT

4. Photo credit: ILO, GMR, Office of UN Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown Why children aren’t in school

5. Richest 20% Poorest 20% Poor, rural Hausa girls Rich, rural girls Poor, urban boys Poor, rural girls Nigeria Rural Hausa Rich, urban boys Urban Rural Urban Rural Rich, rural boys C. A. R. Chad Bangladesh Cameroon Honduras Indonesia Bolivia Cuba Ukraine 14 Average number of years of schooling (Age group 15-17 years) Education poverty Extreme education poverty 3.3 years 6.4 years 3.5 years 9.7 years 0.5 years 10.3 years 2.6 years 0.3 years Boys Girls 6.7 years 10 years Interactive inequality – wealth, gender and location The case of Nigeria Source: UNESCO GMR

6. Getting through school without learning ONLY 27 MILLION CHILDREN LEARN

7. Wealth Gap in Learning Malawi 2007: Reaching minimum learning standards National Avg. 0% 0% 100% Gender Region Income    URBAN: 63%RURAL: 49% BOYS: 55% GIRLS: 47% WEALTHY: 59% POOR: 48% 0% AVG: 52%   100%