The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says children from the poorest households benefit less from national public education funding. Catherine Russell, UNICEF executive director, said this in a statement on
Maryam AbdullahiThe United Nations Children’s Fund says children from the poorest households benefit less from national public education funding.Russell said education sectors across the world invest less in the education of the poor, adding that adequate funding for learning will help secure a better future for children from vulnerable households.
“We are failing children. Too many education systems around the world are investing the least in those children who need it the most,” she said. “The gap is most pronounced among low-income countries. In several examples, the data showed that learners from the richest households benefit from over six times the amount of public education funding compared to the poorest. Meanwhile, in middle-income countries, the richest learners in places like Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal receive around four times more public education spending than the poorest.
“According to the report, children living in poverty are less likely to have access to school and drop out sooner. In addition, children from poor households are less represented in higher levels of education, which receive much higher public education spending per capita. They’re also more likely to live in remote and rural areas that are generally underserved and on the wrong side of the digital divide.
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