Due to violence, natural catastrophes, and displacement, an astounding 78 million girls and boys worldwide now “don’t go to school at all,” while tens of millions more merely receive sporadic teaching, said the united nations Secretary-General António Guterres.
The UN chief underlined in a video message that no one should be denied the opportunity to learn, as read on the UN website.
He called for more funding for education in emergencies spearheaded by the UN global fund Education Cannot Wait (ECW).
“No matter who you are, no matter where you live, no matter what barriers stand in your way, you have a right to a quality education,” said Guterres, in an appeal for greater international efforts to ensure that more vulnerable children and youngsters get their chance to succeed.
Speaking at the Education Cannot Wait High-Level Finance Conference in Geneva, the Secretary-General praised the fund for having educated 87,000 teachers since its founding in 2017 and for providing seven million at-risk children with “the education they need.”
“We are talking about the most isolated, the most desolate, the most neglected children of the world. We’re talking about girls who find themselves trafficked or forced into child labor or child marriage unless we can help them,” he explained.
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