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Education For All

Education’s Potential

Girls in Education

Illiteracy

Education InitiativesMore InformationBibliography

Illiteracy Versus Education

Illiteracy

Diminishes the capabilities of a society

Causes health issues

Continues the poverty cycle

Little jobs are available (UNICEF)

Education For All

Ensuring quality primary school education

Alleviation of gender disparity

Societal literacy

Education accessibility (The World Bank)

Education For All

Making education prevalent in society and not a crime

(Flickr)

Education’s Potential

“My path opens when my education ends.”- SB

With education comes opportunity

Education’s Opportunity

Better health care

Growing agricultural sector

Stable economy

Improved society

Access to primary education (World Bank)

Fulfillment of Education For All brings:

(Flickr)

Education’s Potential

“Education is a fundamental right that should be accessible throughout the world.”

- SB

Education is an international language

Education: A Fundamental Right

North America

(Your Dictionary)

Education: A Fundamental Right

Mali

(New York Times)

Education’s Potential

“The cure to poverty and disease is education.”- SB

Education is promising health

Health

Education creates more knowledgeable citizens who can address and act upon health problems

“Healthy mind in a healthy body…” (Baron)

Education prevents HIV/AIDS (The World Bank)

(Costume Craze)

Education’s Potential

“The best business man is the one who can communicate.”- SB

Education is a thriving economy

Economy

Education creates jobs (World Bank)

Education provides economic sustainability

Education stops the poverty cycle

Education permits children to attend school, instead of staying home and helping their parents (The World Bank)

(Google)

Education’s Potential

“When you build it, they will come”- Field of Dreams

Education is an infrastructure

Infrastructure

Education enhances:Water supplySanitationEmployment planHealth (UNICEF)Government (World Bank)

This will enable a country to improve their infrastructure in several domains.

Education’s Potential

“What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation.”

- Marcus Tullius Cicero

Education creates teachers

Teachers

More people are educated

More citizens are interested in bettering their society

More people are eligible for a teaching position (World Bank)

(BBC)

Girls in Education

“The goal of Education For All is also to improve the access of education to girls, provide equal opportunity, and to keep girls safe and healthy.”

- SB

(Wikipedia)

Illiteracy Versus Education

Education Initiatives

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Mission:Improving societyPromoting educationEquality amongst individualsImproving healthEliminating poverty

(Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation)

(Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation)

Education Initiatives

Save The Children

Mission:Ensuring child growthProviding resources for a child to blossomPromoting educationAssisting children during natural or political turmoil

(Save The Children)

(Save The Children)

Education Initiatives

UNGEI

Mission:Eliminating the gender gap in educationEnabling women to blossomEliminating povertyProviding equal opportunity to girls

(UNGEI)

(UNGEI)

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