UNICEF calls for an end to 'shameful' education funding inequality

Geordie Little

By Geordie Little
Published January 20, 2020

Nearly one in three adolescent girls from the world’s poorest households have never been to school, a new UNICEF report has revealed.

Only five countries examined by UNICEF distribute education funding equally between the richest and poorest quintiles.

The paper, Addressing the learning crisis: an urgent need to better finance education for the poorest children, was launched today ...

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