According to a UN report 72 million children are out of school [EPA]
Published On 13 Dec 201013 Dec 2010
Thirty-nine million children out of school live in conflict zones [GALLO/GETTY]
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The country with the most young children out of school is Nigeria - over 8 million [GALLO/GETTY]
Two-thirds of the world(***)s 796 million illiterate are women [EPA]
Three-hundred kindergartens and schools were damaged in the war on Gaza between 2008 and 2009 [Reuters]
Although it is not being counted as a war zone, proper systems and institutions have been unable to flourish in Gaza and the West Bank after decades of occupation [Reuters]
Over nine years of conflict following 9/11, nearly two million primary-age children in Afghanistan do not go to school [Reuters]
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There were 2,450 attacks on schools in Afghanistan between 2006 and 2008 [EPA]
Pakistan(***)s battle within means 6.2 million children miss the vital early education [GALLO/GETTY]
Over 10 million teachers are needed to achieve primary universal education [GALLO/GETTY]
Global aid spending on basic education was $4.7bn in 2008 [Getty]
