access to education

One in four adults in the developing world - 1872 million people is illiterate.
More than 100 million children remain out of school.
46 per cent of girls in the world's poorest countries have no access to primary education.
More than 1 in 8 adults cannot read or write
Universal primary education would cost  billion a year - that's half what Americans spend
on ice cream.
Young people who have completed primary education are less than half as likely to contract HIV
 as those missing an education. Universal primary education would prevent cases of HIV
each year - about 30 per cent all new infections in this age group.
 per cent of children in the developing world are enrolled in primary school, nearing the
global level of 84 per cent.
Enrolment is as high as 95.7 per cent in Latin America and the Caribbean, and as low as
 million children still do not gain a basic education. In Djibouti only  per cent of
children are enrolled in primary school.
In Bangladesh, 73 per cent of children completed primary education in 2009. Around half of
15 to 24-year-olds are literate.
In Congo, only 70 per cent completed primary education but 97.8 per cent of young people
can read and write.
Many children who enrol do not finish their education. In sub-Saharan Africa, the completion
rate was only 73 per cent in 2002. In Sudan it was 42 per cent.
Aids in sub-Saharan Africa has decimated teaching staff and forced children to leave school.
An additional $1bn a year is needed to offset its impact.
Girls often suffer more when resources are scarce. In southern Asia, there are 12 per cent
more boys enrolled than girls.
In Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger less than 55 per cent of young people are literate.
annually is needed to ensure that every child is enrolled at primary school level
 by 2015.