Universalization of primary

education targets and

achievements

Syed Zaheer Haider

BI787259
M-PHIL (DNFE)
3701
 Content of presentation

1. What is education ?
2. What is universalization ?
3. Focus of Universalization of Primary Education
4. Importance
5. Targets
6. Achievements and Challenges
 What is education ?

The wealth of knowledge acquired by an individual after studying

particular subject matters or experiencing life lessons that provide
an understanding of something. Education requires instruction of
some sort from an individual or composed literature. The most
common forms of education result from years of schooling that
incorporates studies of a variety of subjects. "Jamie knew the
importance of an education, so she chose to go to a four-year
university after graduating from high school."
 What is Universalization ?

Universalization means socialization, the extension of the

area and range of those who share in a good.
 Definition

Universalization of primary education means making

elementary school education available to children all
around the world, or making sure that all children
everywhere can go to school for four or five years to learn
to read, write, do arithmetic, etc.
 Importance

Primary education prepares students for their success in

higher grades. It is the foundation on which educational
success is based. If you do not get that foundation, success
in higher grades may not be possible.
 Targets
•Target by 2005 (For Goal 3: Promote gender equality and
empower women):

•Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary

education.

•While most of the Millennium Development Goals face a

deadline of 2015, the gender parity target was set to be
achieved a full ten years earlier - an acknowledgement
that equal access to education is the foundation for all
 Targets

• other development goals. Yet recent statistics show that for every 100 boys
out of school, there are still 117 girls in the same situation. Until equal
numbers of girls and boys are in school, it will be impossible to build the
knowledge necessary to eradicate poverty and hunger, combat disease and
ensure environmental sustainability. And millions of children and women will
continue to die needlessly, placing the rest of the development agenda at
risk.
 Targets

•Target by 2015:
•Ensure that all boys and girls complete a full course of primary
schooling.

•As of 2001 estimates around 115 million children of primary

school age, the majority of them girls, do not attend school.
 Acheivements
•Since 1999, there has been great progress towards achieving
universal primary enrollment due in large part to a pursuit of
the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the
Education for All (EFA) The number of primary school age
out-of-school children dropped by 42% between 2000 and
2012, despite rapid population growth. Greater than half of
countries and regions worldwide have a net enrolment rate
of more than 95% and either already have or are close to
achieving universal primary education.
 Achievements and problems
However, despite an increase in enrollment over the past
decade, global progress has stalled since 2007, and net
enrolment or attendance is less than 80 per cent in about
20 countries. Of the 58 million children out of school

❖23% attended school in the past but left

❖43% are likely to never enter school
❖34% are likely to enter school in the future
 Achievements and problems

• Roughly half of all out-of-school children come from just a few

countries, many of them characterized by conflict, instability, and
extreme poverty. West and Central Africa is home to one-third of all
primary school age out-of-school children, making it the region with
the lowest rates of school participation.
• Challenges to achieving universal primary education are
exacerbated in unstable regions, as they have greater difficulty in
accessing financial support.
 Achievements and problems

• The barriers which prevent children around the world from

obtaining primary level education are diverse and require tailored
responses. Children living in conflict-affected areas account for “just
20% of the world’s children of primary school age but 50% of the
world’s out-of-school children.” Additionally, inequalities in wealth
significantly impact out-of-school rates. In many countries, children
from the poorest 20 per cent of the population are less likely to
attend school than those who are better off .
 Achievements and problems

•Despite overall improvements, girls continue to be at a

disadvantage as 53%—more than half—of the estimated
58 million primary age out-of-school-children are girls.