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Young people are rising up to demand their right to an education �鶹APP� and they are calling on the world�鶹APP�s leaders to take urgent action.

Their voices are heard in a which for the past 15 years has tracked progress towards getting every child into school. Their inspirational quotes add a human face to the bare statistics contained in the main , which is released today.

It reveals that just one-third of countries have achieved all of the measurable Education for All goals set in 2000 and only half of all countries have managed to get every boy and girl into primary education.

The report �鶹APP� titled Education for All 2000-2015: Achievements and Challenges and produced by UNESCO �鶹APP� also said an extra $22 billion a year is needed on top of already ambitious government contributions in order to ensure new education targets now being set for the year 2030 are met.

Chernor Bah says the youth report shows the �鶹APP�hopes and dreams�鶹APP�

The youth version of the report has been produced by A World at School in association with UNESCO. It has a foreword by A World at School co-founder Chernor Bah, who co-ordinates our programme which has 500 young advocates in 85 countries. He said the youth version was �鶹APP�innovative and compelling�鶹APP�.

Chernor added: �鶹APP�The stories of these young people illuminate the remarkable progress the world has made in education, the heartbreaking and costly failures, the urgent challenges that lie ahead and the hopes and dreams of a still optimistic generation.

�鶹APP�The stories reveal a glimpse of a huge groundswell of activism for education. The youth who defied terrorists and joined hands to declare #IamMalala and #BringBackOurGirls, who took over the United Nations to call for education and who are creating pressure globally with the #UpForSchool Petition �鶹APP� set to be the largest petition in history �鶹APP� are doing some revolutionary things in villages and cities around the world to make the dream of education a reality.�鶹APP�

Chernor said it was �鶹APP�simply unacceptable�鶹APP� that development aid to basic education continues to be cut and that just 2% of humanitarian aid is spent getting children who are traumatised by disaster and violence back in the classroom.�鶹APP�

A page from the Global Monitoring Report youth version

The youth version of the report is packed with facts, figures and the six Education For All goals. But it also contains some moving and inspirational quotes from young people and youth advocates �鶹APP� some of them our Global Youth Ambassadors �鶹APP� affected by the issues behind those goals.

Ahmed, 14, from Pakistan said: �鶹APP�A friend of mine left school because he was the eldest of many siblings and his father couldn�鶹APP�t feed them all. Now he runs his father�鶹APP�s French fries stall.�鶹APP� Fauzia, also 14 and from Ghana, said: �鶹APP�When a girl child is educated and becomes a career woman in te future, she can also support her nation and other countries around the world.�鶹APP�

As the Global Monitoring Report was launched, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova said: �鶹APP�The world has made tremendous progress towards Education for All. Despite not meeting the 2015 deadline, millions more children are in school than would have been had the trends of the 1990s persisted.

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�鶹APP�However, the agenda is far from finished. We need to see specific, well-funded strategies that prioritise the poorest �鶹APP� especially girls �鶹APP� improve the quality of learning and reduce the literacy gap so that education becomes meaningful and universal.�鶹APP�

The six Education For All goals set in 2000 were:

• Expand early childhood care and education, especially for the most vulnerable children �鶹APP� 47% of countries reached the goal and 8% were close
• Achieve universal primary education, particularly for girls, ethnic minorities and marginalised children �鶹APP� 52% of countries achieved this and 10% were close
• Ensure equal access to learning and life skills for youth and adults �鶹APP� 46% of countries reached universal lower secondary enrolment
• Achieve a 50% reduction in levels of adult illiteracy by 2015 �鶹APP� only 25% of countries reached this goal, 32% remain very far from it
• Achieve gender parity and equality �鶹APP� gender parity will be achieved at the primary level in 69% of countries by 2015. At secondary level, only 48% of countries will reach the goal
• Improve the quality of education and ensure measurable learning outcomes for all �鶹APP� the numbers of pupils per teacher decreased in 121 of 146 countries between 1990 and 2012 at the primary level but four million more teachers are still needed to get all children into school

Read more inspiring stories and find out how you can join the youth movement on our special , where we will continue to add great content.

And read A World at School�鶹APP�s campaigns director .