Demonstrated experience in linking at least two of the following areas: early childhood care education, primary education, secondary education.
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In 1997, for example, the government introduced Universal Primary Education (UPE) which provides free primary education.
The levels of delay detected in primary education indicate that many pupils are still attending primary education when they have reached secondary school age.
Welcoming the progress that has been made in in pre-primary education since 2000, Irina Bokova pointed out that nonetheless only 15 percent children are enrolled in pre-primary education in Sub-Saharan Africa, 19 percent in Arab States, 28 percent in Central Asia and 36 percent South and West Asia.
First, investing in education, particularly primary education, promotes lasting growth and, especially, advances the prospects of the poor.
As highlighted in the Digest, secondary education costs more than primary education mostly because of the need for teachers trained to provide subject-specific instruction.
For instance, as a result of the UPE which provided free and compulsory primary education, the national primary school enrolment rate rose dramatically from 2.5 million in 1997 to 7.2 million in 2000.
Although Peru offers free and compulsory pre-primary, primary and secondary education (i.e. up to 16 years), only 42.5% of the poor complete primary education, while 13.1% receive no formal education whatsoever.
The main share of public expenditure on education in most countries goes to primary education.
Yet according to the report, public spending on primary education grew at a faster rate than primary enrolment.
Across the region, families are the largest private financers of education and provide 30% of all primary education resources.
The Netherlands will set up programs to encourage more girls to choose technical education programs and more boys to go into the primary education sector.
According to the report, governments should consider shifting more resources to lower levels of education if they are still far from the goal of universal primary education.
As UNESCO Special Envoy for Basic and Higher Education and the UN advocate for the second Millennium Development Goal on primary education, I am passionate about bringing the benefits of education to children and communities across the world.
The education minister, Kapil Sibal, has promised an array of improvements, including universal primary education, partly provided for through private schooling.
The Lao Department of Education will organize teachers training workshops partnering with local teachers colleges for ethic teachers in primary education to ameliorate this situation.
Participants firmly insisted on the need for a stronger focus on early childhood care and education, more and better qualified teachers, as well as reform of post-primary education, including technical and vocational training, and the need to concentrate more on all aspects of the quality of education.
Different regions set different priorities: Eastern and southern Africa countries choose to focus on early childhood care and education, and central and west African countries focus on improving the unfinished business of Universal Primary Education.
The Cambridge Primary Review is an independent body which began its research on primary education in 2006.
Edwards also scored high with those polled who said education was their primary issue.
Premji has the Azim Premji Foundation that works in the area of primary education.
Malawi has seen some success since free primary education was introduced there about 12 years ago.
The prize winner for Universal Primary Education applications was I-Learn by Swaroop John (Switzerland).
It also plans to organize workshops and launch a comprehensive campaign to promote universal primary education.
These include cutting poverty in half, reducing child mortality by two-thirds and ensuring universal primary education.
By 2005, the net intake rate (NIR) in primary education had risen to 66%.
In 2008, 72 of 184 countries with data had not reached gender parity in primary education.
Twenty years on, countries have made historical advances, particularly in access to primary education.
Progress includes advances in educational enrollment, with gender gaps in primary education closing in almost all countries.
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He said the aim would be to target the seventy-five million Commonwealth children without any primary education.
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