A report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) published on January 17 shows that inequality in education globally when only 16% of public education funding goes to the poorest 20% of students, while 28% goes to the 20% richest student.
In its report titled “Transforming Education with Financing Equity,” UNICEF says children from the poorest households benefit the least from the national public education fund.
Managing director UNICEF “There are too many education systems in the world that are investing the least in the children who need it most,” Catherine Russell states.
This gap is most pronounced in low-income countries, UNICEF says, where children from the wealthiest households benefit six times more from public education funding than those in the wealthiest households. poorest student.
In middle-income countries like Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal, the richest students receive about four times more public education spending than the poorest students.
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In high-income countries, the richest students generally benefit from 1.1 to 1.6 times more public education spending than the poorest students, with countries such as France and Uruguay is at a higher margin.
UNICEF calls for equitable funding to combat “academic poverty.” The report shows that just one percentage point increase in the allocation of public education resources to the poorest group of learners could lift 35 million primary school-age children out of learning poverty.
Ms. Russell stated: “Investing in the education of the poorest children is the most cost-effective way to secure a future for children, communities and nations. Real progress can only be achieved when we are all right. invest in every child, everywhere.”
The report also found that children living in poverty are less likely to attend school, drop out earlier and attend higher education, which receives much higher public education spending per capita.
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, education systems around the world had largely failed children, with hundreds of millions of students going to school without mastering the skills. reading and doing basic math.”
According to the report, recent estimates suggest that two-thirds of all 10-year-olds worldwide cannot read or understand a simple story.
The UNICEF report looked at government spending from early childhood education to higher education in 102 countries around the world.
Minh Chau (VNA/Vietnam+)