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

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Main Points of Presentation

1. Too many drop-outs 2. Too little to learn 3. Large gaps in gender and

geography

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Source: NEC 2006 and Pakistan Education Statistics 04-05

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Primary

Secondary

1,000

200

400

600

800

1,000

Enrolmentclass 1

Enrolmentclass 5

Enrolmentclass 6

Enrolmentclass 10

Secondary

School Certificate

Exam Passed

?

43%

girl

When there are 1,000 pupils in class 1,,,,,

555

42%

432

42%

219

43%

129

Both

Retentions!!!

Mongolia

Niger

Children expected to

start primary school

Expected to reach grade 2

Expected to reach grade 3

Expected to reach

last grade

Expected to

complete primary

100

children

100

60

93

17

Retentions!!!

Source: EFA Global Monitoring Report (2011)

26 million Out of School Children in Asia and Pacific

Out of School Children

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Challenges Out of School Children

Thailand

Phillipine

Bangladesh

India

Pakistan

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

0.58

0.96

2

5.5

7.2

(Millions) Source: EFA Global Monitoring Report (2011)

Number of Out of School Children (2008)

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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

20%

31%

17%

8%

25%

57%

73%

84%

96%

97%

Nigeria

Kenya

Ghana

Pakistan

India

Group averageCountry average

Extreme education poverty

% with less than 2 years of education (age 17-22)

, poor, Hausa, girls

, rural, Somali, girls

, northern region, rural, girls

, rural, Sindhi, girls

, poor, Uttar Pradesh, girls

Source: EFA Global Monitoring Report (2011)

Geographical and Gender Disparity

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5 key factors 1. Poverty, vulnerability and child labour2. Group-based disadvantages3. Location and livelihoods4. Disability5. HIV and AIDs

Challenges Marginalisation

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Challenges Poor learning

Too many school children

learn far too little9

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Low benchmark =

Basic reading skills

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10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

Germany France Indonesia South Africa Qatar Morocco

In Indonesia, 45% of the students don’t reach the low international

benchmarkLow benchmark

Below low benchmark

Challenges Poor learning

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Source: EFA Global Monitoring Report (2010)

Reading Ability: Disparities in a country

Challenges Illiteracy prevails

Source: EFA Global Monitoring Report (2011)

Still around 796

million illiterate adults

(518 million in Asia and Pacific)

Women represent 2/3 of illiterate adults (63% in South and West Asia)

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Indonesia

Bangladesh

Pakistan

China

India

0 50 100 150 200 250 300

12

49

51

67

283

(Millions) Source: EFA Global Monitoring Report (2011)

Challenges Illiteracy prevails Number of Illiterate (2008)

13

Geographical and Gender Disparity

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Requests for Media Professional

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1. Spotlight on gaps in the country

2. Appeal to increase education budget

3. Raise questions,,,education for what in 21st century?