The 8 United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
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115 million children are not in school – 56% of them are girls and 94% of them live in developing countries.
133 million young people cannot read or write.
Only 37 of 155 developing countries have achieved universal primary school completion.
To reach Goal 2, governments have to increase their support of primary education and ensure equal distribution of money to rich and poor areas. Governments need to create strategies to ensure children stay in school and complete a primary education. They need to eliminate school fees and uniforms, build schoolhouses closer to housing, and hire more female teachers.
The Clock is Ticking
We are now at the midpoint between the adoption of the 8 United Nations MDGs and the 2015 target
date for their fulfillment. They define the primary issues of our generation and we must alter
their course now or many may become irreversible.
