2009 Education For All Global Monitoring Report focuses on inequalities

Paris, 6 November

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Deep-rooted inequalities persist in education, condemning millions of children in the world to diminished opportunity and even to poverty. This is one conclusion of the 2009 Education For All Global Monitoring Report,“Overcoming inequality: why governance matters”, which will be released on 25 November in Geneva (Switzerland).

Despite the effort made by some of the planet’s poorest countries to improve access to education, inequalities are still entrenched around the globe. At the same time, international aid for education is in danger of decreasing due to the current financial crisis, the report warns. It will be launched at the International Conference on Education, taking place in Geneva from 25 to 28 November. Koïchiro Matsuura, the Director-General of UNESCO, and Kevin Watkins, Director of the Report, will attend the launch.

Published every year since 2002, the Education For All Global Monitoring Report is prepared by a team of independent experts and published by UNESCO. Following up the World Education Forum in Dakar (Senegal) in 2000, the Report assesses progress towards reaching Education For All goals by the deadline of 2015.

The report is under embargo until 25 November but advance copies can be made available to the press upon request.

• Author(s):UNESCOPRESS
• Source:Media Advisory No. 2008 – 79
• 06-11-2008