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education facts

• Approximately 113 million primary school-age children are not in school.
• Worldwide, approximately 63 percent of the cost of education comes from governments. Thirty-five percent comes from non-governmental organizations like CARE and parents, pupils and employers.ⁱ
• Of the children who lack access to school, two-thirds are girls.
• In sub-Saharan Africa, overall primary school education has declined to 50 percent since 1960.ⁱⁱ
• Ninety-eight percent of all non-literates live in developing countries.
• Currently, close to 20 million children worldwide are refugees without access to quality education.ⁱⁱⁱ
• Each additional year of schooling for girls equals a 5-10 percent decline in child deaths. For every year beyond fourth grade that girls go to school, family size drops 20 percent and wages rise 20 percent.^iv