South Asia has seen significant achievements in strengthening education systems and getting more children to school. Enrolment rates in primary education have reached 90 percent in 2011 for the region, up from 75 per cent in 2000. More importantly, this growth has been accompanied by a sizeable progress in enrolling girls, with net enrolment rates for the region indicating 88 per cent of the total primary school going age girls are now in school, up from 68 per cent in 2000 (UIS Database accessed January 2014). National laws and policies have been introduced in line with the CRC and other international frameworks. Countries have committed to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Education For All (EFA) goals. Across the region, strategies for a more equitable development, including in education, have been developed. Education has also been identified as a major priority area in the Post 2015 development agenda discussions.The initiative’s goal is to make a significant and sustained reduction in the number of children out of school around the world by:
1. Developing comprehensive profiles of excluded children based on standardized and innovative statistical methods.
2. Linking quantitative data with the socio-cultural barriers and bottlenecks that lead to exclusion.
3. Identifying sound policies which address exclusion from education with a multisectorial perspective.
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UNICEF, UNESCO
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Bulletin or Poster
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Keywords:
SCHOOLS, CHILDREN, EDUCATION, RIGHTS OF CHILDREN, SCHOOLCHILDREN, CHILD PSYCHOLOGY, CHILD WELFARE, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRESCHOOL EDUCATION, STUDENTS, STUDENT PARTICIPATION, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, RURAL SCHOOLS, INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
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Thematic Group:
UNICEF
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Children Fund
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Thesaurus:
11.05.00
- Educational Personnel And Population
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