The World Bank is joining Oxfam in seeking more funds to push for universal primary school education in the developing world.
In many parts of the developing world, few students learn to read or do basic math, with girls being disproportionately undereducated. Worldwide more than 125 million children do not attend school, largely due to a lack of funding.
The World Bank hopes to start 10 pilot projects in June, and then focus its money on those projects that are most successful at increasing primary school enrollment.
The World Bank wants developed countries to put up $1 billion immediately to pay for these new projects as well as fund existing projects.
Source:
World Bank pushes ‘education for all’. David Schepp, The BBC, April 21, 2002.