UNESCO assigns homework on education targets

A global initiative called Education for All 2000-2015, running parallel to the Millennium Development Goals, just received a report card similarly marked by incompletes for its six-point curriculum.

Merely one-third of the world’s nations achieved all of the measurable goals set 15 years ago, and only half could boast success on the marquee target of universal primary education, according to a UNESCO Global Monitoring Report titled “Education for All 2000-2015: Achievements and Challenges.”

Covering everything from early childhood programs to adult literacy, EFA was “broader and more holistic” than the MDG for education, according to GMR Director Aaron Benavot in an exclusive interview with Devex.

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