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UN MDG Workshop: The Final Push – Media’s Role MDG 2 and 3 : Education and Gender Ichiro Miyazawa Asia –Pacific Programme of Education for All (APPEAL), UNESCO Bangkok . Main Points of Presentation. Too many drop-outs Too little to learn Large gaps in gender and geography .
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UN MDG Workshop: The Final Push – Media’s Role MDG 2 and 3 : Education and Gender Ichiro MiyazawaAsia –Pacific Programme of Education for All (APPEAL), UNESCO Bangkok
Main Points of Presentation • Too many drop-outs • Too little to learn • Large gaps in gender and geography
Retentions!!! 1,000 555 432 219 42% 129 42% Both 43% Primary Secondary When there are 1,000 pupils in class 1,,,,, 1,000 ? ? 800 600 ? 400 43% girl 200 Secondary School Certificate Exam Passed Enrolment Enrolment Enrolment Enrolment class1 class5 class 6 class10 Source: NEC 2006 and Pakistan Education Statistics 04-05
Retentions!!! Expected to complete primary Children expected to start primary school Expected to reach grade 2 Expected to reach grade 3 Expected to reach last grade 100 children Mongolia 100 93 Niger 60 17 Source: EFA Global Monitoring Report (2011)
Out of SchoolChildren 26 million Out of SchoolChildren in Asia and Pacific
Challenges Out of SchoolChildren Number of Out of SchoolChildren (2008) Source: EFA Global Monitoring Report (2011)
Geographical and GenderDisparity Extreme education poverty % with less than 2 years of education (age 17-22) Country average Group average Nigeria , poor, Hausa, girls 25% 97% 57% of rural Uttar Pradesh girls in India (aged 17-22) have less than 2 years of education. 20 % of girls (aged 17-22) have less than 2 years of education throughout India , rural, Somali, girls Kenya 8% 96% , northern region, rural, girls Ghana 17% 84% Pakistan , rural, Sindhi, girls 73% 31% India , poor, Uttar Pradesh, girls 20% 57% Source: EFA Global Monitoring Report (2011)
Challenges Marginalisation 5 key factors Poverty, vulnerability and child labour Group-based disadvantages Location and livelihoods Disability HIV and AIDs
Challenges Poor learning Too many schoolchildren learn far too little
Challenges Poor learning In Indonesia, 45% of the students don’t reach the low international benchmark 100 Low benchmark 90 Below low benchmark 80 % of students reaching the PIRLS international benchmark for reading – Grade 4 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Germany France Indonesia South Africa Qatar Morocco Low benchmark = Basic reading skills
Reading Ability: Disparities in a country Source: EFA Global Monitoring Report (2010)
Challenges Illiteracyprevails Stillaround796 million illiterateadults (518 million in Asia and Pacific) Womenrepresent2/3of illiterateadults (63% in South and West Asia) Source: EFA Global Monitoring Report (2011)
Challenges Illiteracyprevails Number of Illiterate (2008) Source: EFA Global Monitoring Report (2011)
Requests for Media Professional • Spotlight on gaps in the country • Appeal to increase education budget • Raise questions,,,education for what in 21st century?