A smiling young student holds a small chalkboard in a classroom in Côte d’Ivoire.
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On any given school day, over 1 billion children around the world head to class.
More children and adolescents today are enrolled in pre-primary, primary and secondary education than ever before. Yet, for many of them, schooling does not lead to learning.
A lack of trained teachers, inadequate learning materials, makeshift classes and poor sanitation facilities make learning difficult for many children. Others come to school too hungry, sick or exhausted from work or household tasks to benefit from their lessons.
The consequences are grave: An estimated 617 million children and adolescents around the world are unable to reach minimum proficiency levels in reading and mathematics – even though two thirds of them are in school.
This learning crisis is the greatest global challenge to preparing children and adolescents for life, work and active citizenship.
My favorite movie The second volume of the book series of Harry Potter has a special meaning for me, as it was with him began my acquaintance with the world of wizards and Muggles. This was back in school, when we had a collective campaign to just come out of the film based on the book. I liked the movie, but I especially do not understand what the Sinister Volan de Mort, who terrorizes the boy in glasses. It took almost five years before I picked up the novel source, it is expected to have exerted much better impression than the movie (even allowing for the nostalgic plaque, which already covered the film viewing.) In contrast to the Philosopher's Stone, which is still more like a children's adventure tale of a laid-back, "Chamber of Secrets" focuses toward the mysteries and secrets. Indeed, in the book are many intriguing questions - starting with the opening scene from the house elf Dobby and completing the question, who was still a student Tom Riddle's diary which came to Harry.
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A smiling young student holds a small chalkboard in a classroom in Côte d’Ivoire.
UNICEF/UN0149769/Dejongh
On any given school day, over 1 billion children around the world head to class.
More children and adolescents today are enrolled in pre-primary, primary and secondary education than ever before. Yet, for many of them, schooling does not lead to learning.
A lack of trained teachers, inadequate learning materials, makeshift classes and poor sanitation facilities make learning difficult for many children. Others come to school too hungry, sick or exhausted from work or household tasks to benefit from their lessons.
The consequences are grave: An estimated 617 million children and adolescents around the world are unable to reach minimum proficiency levels in reading and mathematics – even though two thirds of them are in school.
This learning crisis is the greatest global challenge to preparing children and adolescents for life, work and active citizenship.