The Unesco report warned that the type of education children are receiving is not equipping them for the challenges ahead. The deadline on universal education was agreed as part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—an ambitious plan to end poverty, hunger, advance equality and protect the environment. It said aid to education needs to increase six-fold to achieve the goal of quality universal education by 2030. Achieving universal upper secondary education by 2030 in low income countries could lift 60 million people out of poverty by 2050, the report said. The Unesco report warned that the type of education children are receiving is not equipping them for the challenges ahead.

Source: Mint September 06, 2016 10:41 UTC