Education, information, and knowledge

Abstract

Universal primary education (UPE) was formalised in 2002 as the second MDG (Achieve universal primary education). MDG 2 has one target: to ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling. Three indicators are associated with the target: the net enrolment ratio in primary education for girls and for boys; the proportion of pupils starting grade 1 who reach (rather than complete) grade 5; and the literacy rate of 15–24-year-olds. This narrow focus on enrolment, primary school, and literacy for only one age group represented a significant