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	Counting out-of-school children Globally, there were 115 million children out of school in 2001/02, according to a new report Children Out of School: Measuring Exclusion from Primary Education by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) and UNICEF. Some 53 per cent of these out-of-school children were girls – 61.6 million.. More

	Benchmarking EFA in Africa Currently a strong concentration of education budgets in Africa benefits the wealthiest segments of society. This is one of the findings of a new report Education for All: Paving the Way for Action by the Pôle de Dakar team, at UNESCO’s regional office in Dakar.. More

	Computer literacy for secondary students Some 200 Grade 10 and 12 learners in Namibia participated in a three-day computer literacy course from 13 to 15 June as part of a pilot project funded by UNESCO to improve distance education in secondary schools.. More

	UNESCO clubs and education A survey launched in hutment clusters in thirty-five States of India revealed the reasons why children in these areas are not in school: parents see education as irrelevant; extreme poverty is a barrier, particularly for girls; children do not have proper shoes and the school is too far from home.. More