Statistics: Education:

• Africa has the youngest population in the world and as of 2005, 46 million African children had never even stepped into a classroom.
• Only 60% of Third World girls are in school.
• The higher the literacy level of a mother, the lower the chance of her child dying or living in poverty.
• Children with education mothers are 50% more likely to live past the age of 5.
• 100 million children are not in school with girls make up 60% of those not in school.
• Classrooms are often overcrowded 60:1.
• Obstacles to education: school fees; children having to work; no local schools; shortage of well-trained teachers.
• In the Third World teacher pay is as low as $2 a day.
• In Zambia, more teachers are dying from AIDS than are being trained to teach.
• Education is crucial in ending the cycle of poverty.