Facts on Lack of Education

Facts:
-771 million adults throughout the world don't know how to read, write, or calculate
-More than 100 million children world wide do not have access to proper education or schooling
Source- http://www.entreculturas.org/conocenos/english/lack_of_education_a_priority_problem
-More than 72 million children in the "developing world" don't attend school
Source- http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/health/2011-07-10-HIV-AIDS-south_n.htm
-80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day.
-Nearly one billion people entered the 21st century unable to sign their names or read a book.
-"Less than one per cent of what the world spent every year on weapons was needed to put every child into school by the year 2000 and yet it didn’t happen"
-There are currently 121 million out of school
-72 million children primary school age, were not in school in 2005. 57% of these were girls
Source- http://www.globalissues.org/article/26/poverty-facts-and-stats
-One in five children in developing countries do not make it to the 5th grade.
-120 to 125 million children, are not enrolled in school (2007)
-Many children who are taken out of school are forced into child slavery.
Source-http://foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/06/24/194/
-If all students in low-income countries could read, global poverty could be reduced by 12 percent.
-Almost 80% of the children who don't recieve education live in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
- 93 million children who are out of school, almost 52 percent are female
-Education is a Human right, which is violated everyday
Source-http://www.unicef.org/education/index_quality.html
Above are 15 facts about the lack of education world wide