In our world today:

• 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.