UN report to show numbers of children starting primary school up

The Minister of State for Overseas Development, Michael Kitt TD, in launching a UNESCO Report, entitled the Education for All Global Monitoring Report, at the Irish Aid Volunteering and Information Centre on Dublin’s O’Connell Street, said:

“Support for education is a core component of the Irish Aid Programme.  Since 2000, Ireland has contributed approximately €360 million to advancing education in our partner countries, especially in Africa.  The UNESCO report confirms that this investment in education is paying dividends.  The most positive proof of this is that between 1999 and 2005 enrolments in primary school increased by some 36% in many of Irish Aid’s partner countries in sub-Saharan Africa.” 

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14/2/08

Note to Editors:

The Education for All Global Monitoring Report is produced by an independent, international team based at UNESCO