Education Facts

-Over 100 million primary school-age children are out of school;
-Roughly 380 million children are not enrolled in school (28 percent of the age group,);
-Roughly 280 million children are absent from secondary school;
-Of school-age children who enter primary school in developing countries, more than one in four drops out before attaining literacy;
-Less than one-third of children in Africa and South Asia can read and write.
-One-in-five children in primary school repeat grade in Africa;
-150 million children in school are likely to drop out before completing primary school;
-More than half of all girls in Africa never enroll in school

Via Poverty and Growth blog

Related;
Educating All Children: A Global Agenda