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 263 million children and youth are out of school 

New estimates reveal that 142 million youth between the ages of 15-17 are not in school

  

About 263 million children and youth are out of school, according to new data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). This is equivalent to a quarter of the population of Europe. The total includes 61 million children of primary school age, 60 million of lower secondary school age, and includes the first ever estimate of those of upper secondary school age at 142 million.

 


 

Who are they?

 

Children of sub-Saharan Africa the most excluded

Of all the regions, sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rates of exclusion. Over a fifth of children between the ages of 6-11 are out of school, followed by a third of youth between the ages of 12-14. According to UIS data, almost 60% of youth between the ages of 15-17 are not in school.    

 

Overview

 

 

New data on upper secondary school aged youth

 

In every region, older youth face greater barriers to education. According to the global average, 15 to 17-year-olds are four times more likely to not be in school than children between the ages of 6-11. This is partly because primary and lower secondary education are compulsory in nearly every country, while upper secondary school is not. At the same time, these youth are often of legal working age. Many have no choice but to work while others try to combine going to school with employment.

 

These new findings are produced in a paper  released jointly by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics and the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report. The paper also reveals the vast challenges faced by the poorest children. In sub-Saharan Africa, only 65 of the poorest children for every 100 of the richest go to school according to GEM Report analysis. In Northern Africa and Western Asia, and Southern Asia, this rises to 90 of the poorest for every 100 of the richest.

 

Girls still more likely than boys to never go to school

 

Girls are more likely than boys never to set foot in a classroom, despite all the efforts and progress made over the past two decades. According to UIS data, 15 million girls of primary-school age will never get the chance to learn to read or write in primary school compared to about 10 million boys. Over half of these girls - 9 million - live in sub-Saharan Africa.

 

Poverty creates an additional barrier for girls. In Northern Africa and Western Asia, according to GEM Report analysis, among the poorest in the region, gaps are far wider: only 85 girls for every 100 boys of lower secondary school age attend school. Among those of upper secondary school age, only 77 of the poorest girls for every 100 of the poorest boys attend.

 

Conflict is a major barrier

 

Armed conflict poses another major barrier to education. Globally, 35% of all out-of-school children of primary age (22 million), 25% of all out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary age (15 million), and 18% of all out-of-school youth of upper secondary age live in conflict-affected areas (26 million).

 

Additional resources:
Fact Sheet available in English, French and Spanish
See our blog: We have a heavy workload 
UNESCO eAtlas of Out-of-School Children
61 million primary school aged children out of school (data visualization)

 

pub date: 15 July 2016

short URL: http://bit.ly/292F9W2

 

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