Education
Education empowers individuals and communities through the transfer of knowledge, skills and habits from one entity to another.
The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action.
By the numbers
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4 million
child deaths have been prevented over the past four decades by the global increase in women's education.
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31 million
primary-school pupils worldwide dropped out of school as of 2012. An additional 32 million repeated a grade.
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46%
of U.S. high school students say they find school boring.
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1 million
primary-school students dropped out of school in 2012. An additional 32 million repeated a grade.
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81%
of students say they’re bored because the material isn’t interesting.
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September 8
International Literacy Day -
October 5
World Teacher's Day
The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action.
By the numbers
-
4 million
child deaths have been prevented over the past four decades by the global increase in women's education.
-
31 million
primary-school pupils worldwide dropped out of school as of 2012. An additional 32 million repeated a grade.
-
46%
of U.S. high school students say they find school boring.
-
1 million
primary-school students dropped out of school in 2012. An additional 32 million repeated a grade.
-
81%
of students say they’re bored because the material isn’t interesting.
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