She added that people most at risk of catching measles are children of school age who have not had two doses of MMR.
The minister will also look at changes to the law so parents with children of school age must be available for at least part-time work.
There are today 250 million children of primary school age who cannot read or write, and some 71 million teenagers who are out of secondary school.
UNESCO: Published in South China Morning Post on 17 October 2012.
Thirty-two million children of primary school age are still out of school in the region.
Advertising aimed at children of primary school age and younger should be banned, a group of authors, journalists and academics has said.
There is also a learning crisis: Worldwide, 250 million children of primary school age cannot read or write, whether they are in school or not.
There is also a learning crisis: around the world, 250 million children of primary school age cannot read or write, whether they are in school or not.
There is also a learning crisis: around the world, at least 250 million children of primary school age cannot read or write, whether they are in school or not.
There are today 250 million children of primary school age who cannot read or write, and some 71 million teenagers who are out of secondary school. 200 million young people in developing countries have not completed primary school.
The mother-of four said she had two children of primary school age who could now not attend the same school, with the result that KCC had offered a taxi for her four-year-old - a suggestion she felt was unacceptable.
Nevertheless, more than 21.6 million children of lower secondary school age remain excluded from education across the region and many will never even spend a day in school.
While the region has made remarkable progress in helping children now of primary school age enrol in school, it must not forget its young people who missed out on that chance when they were growing up.
While the views of panellists varied widely on the best ways to improve and enhance education, they all agreed that broadband could address educational challenges in a world where 61 million children of primary-school age are not in school, 1.7 million extra teachers are needed and 775 million people, mostly women, are illiterate.
One third of Providence children live in poverty, and two-thirds of kindergarten-age children enter school already behind on national school readiness benchmarks.
Approximately 24% of people had been infected overall, but half of school-age children showed signs of infection.
However, in Norfolk a little over half of secondary school age children and only 63% of primary school children currently do so.
These include the proportion of children under five on free school meals achieving a "good level of development" compared with other children, attainment at age 16 of those eligible for free school meals and higher education enrolment by social background.
Some 97% of school-age children enroll, though over half drop out before completing secondary school.
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However, progress has been insufficient to deliver on the international commitment to provide quality basic education for all children, young people and adults: 67 million primary school age children are out of school and 796 million adults are still illiterate.
In addition, less than half of school-age children -- the population mainly responsible for spreading the flu virus -- got the flu shot, experts said.
In addition to the 5-7% of the population who suffers from dyscalculia (the numbers form of dyslexia), about 20% of school-age children have significant problems in math.
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Work by other researchers, however, has suggested such supplements do improve the performance and behaviour of school-age children with specific diagnoses such as dyslexia, attention-deficit disorder and developmental co-ordination disorder.
Mothers of school-age children, for instance, could be urged back into the workforce by changing the way child tax credits are structured, making them more generous when the child is younger than five and less generous afterwards.
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According to the National Sleep Foundation's 2004 Sleep in America poll, 13% of school-age children have difficulty falling asleep at bedtime and 26% of preschoolers seem sleepy or overtired during the day at least a few days a week.
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In all countries surveyed at least 80 percent of primary school-age children are enrolled in primary education.
"I'm not a lunatic, trust me, " said Marlboro Mayor Jonathan Hornik, the father of three school-age children, in December.
When KIPP reaches full size in Houston, we will be serving 10% of public school-age children in Houston, and, we hope, reach a "tipping point" in public education.
One-tenth of the world's primary-age children who are not in school live in Pakistan 7m of them, thanks to a net enrolment rate (after allowing for dropouts) of just 57%.
The watchdog said just 54% of primary age children in Coventry attended a school rated good or better, compared with a national average of 74%.
According to the E-Learning Foundation this translates to a total of 750, 000 school age children living in households with no internet, and some 650, 000 without a computer.
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