251 million children still out of school worldwide, UNESCO reports

Despite decades of educational progress and international commitments, a quarter of a billion children and youth remain out of school worldwide, UN education agency UNESCO’s latest Global Education Monitoring Report revealed on Thursday.

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251 million children still out of school worldwide, UNESCO reports

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