| IMPORTANT BAROMETER READING
Some 115 million children worldwide have no access to an education, according to the Barometer of Human and Trade Union Rights, an extensive report released by Education International (EI) at this summer’s World Congress in Berlin.
The Barometer provides statistics and analyzes academic freedom, gender equality, students with special needs, refugee and minority children, and child labor in each country.
Some startling statistics:
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In 2005, the average primary school classroom in Afghanistan had 83 pupils.
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In 2004, only 23 percent of the children completing a primary education in Chad were girls.
Not all the news is bleak. In 2000, Thailand spent some 31 percent of its public expenditure budget on education, the most of any nation that year.
NEA, a founding member of EI, continues to advance programs and collaborations with EI to improve conditions for educators and children worldwide.
Read the report full report.
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