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Global Education Crisis: 273 Million Out of School
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NPR's Vat Matanis delivers a sobering report on the global education crisis, citing a new UN agency study [1] — Vat Matanis "The number of out-of-school children in 113 low- and middle-income countries hit 273 million in 2024 — the seventh consecutive year of incr…" 03:29 . The out-of-school population across 113 low- and middle-income countries climbed to 273 million in 2024 — marking the seventh consecutive year of growth in a statistic that should be falling. The report lays much of the blame on collapsing international aid: Afghanistan, Mali, and Niger have each lost more than 40% of their education assistance in just three years, leaving entire generations of children without access to classrooms. Yet the picture is not uniformly bleak. Cote d'Ivoire stands out as a policy success story: after making schooling free and compulsory, the country saw school dropout rates fall significantly. The UN's message is clear — political will and smart policy can reverse the trend, but only if more countries choose to prioritize education.
Countries including Afghanistan, Mali, and Niger lost more than 40% of their education assistance over the past three years due to global aid cuts.
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