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Africa’s great learning divide – inequality as barrier to progress in
education
Kevin WatkinsCenter for Universal Education | Brookings Institution
April 17, 2013
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What’s at stake?
•A basic human right•Shared prosperity and inclusive growth•Progress in health, nutrition and poverty reduction •Gender equity• Africa’s future
The primary school cohort – 127 mn
30 MILLION NEVER ENROLL
ANOTHER 33 MILLION DROP OUT
Photo credit: ILO, GMR, Office of UN Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown
Why children aren’t in school
Richest 20%
Poorest 20%
Poor, rural Hausa girls
Rich, rural girls
Poor, urban boys
Poor, rural girls
Nigeria
Rural Hausa
Rich, urban boys
Urban
Rural
Urban
Rural
Rich, rural boys
C. A. R.
Chad
Bangladesh
Cameroon
Honduras
IndonesiaBolivia
Cuba
Ukraine
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14Av
erag
e nu
mbe
r of y
ears
of s
choo
ling
(Age
gro
up 1
5-17
yea
rs)
Education poverty
Extreme education poverty
3.3 years
6.4 years
3.5 years
9.7 years
0.5 years
10.3 years
2.6 years
0.3 years
BoysGirls
6.7 years
10 years
Interactive inequality – wealth, gender and locationThe case of
Nigeria
Source: UNESCO GMR
Getting through school without learning
ONLY 27 MILLION CHILDREN LEARN
Wealth Gap in Learning
Malawi 2007: Reaching minimum learning standards
National Avg. 0%
0%
100%
Gender
Region
Income
URBAN:
63%RURAL: 49%
BOYS: 55%
GIRLS: 47%
WEALTHY: 59%POOR: 48%
0%
0%
AVG: 52%
100%
100%
100%