Children out of Primary School – Trends, Measurement, Contributors
The data and analysis in this document point to some inconvenient truths and bitter pills to swallow. First, where there are OOSC, these are not only the hardest-to-reach children (a priority for Educate A Child), but in countries where failures in the education system result in large numbers of children not being in school. And, second, a lack of funding is a crucial constraint to improving the education offered for all OOSC, marginalised or not, and this lack of priority is generally shared by governments, whether they are recipient nations or funding partners.
EAC and the Education Above All Foundation have documented elsewhere that there has been positive change in relation to investments in, knowledge about, and progress towards enabling the right to a quality primary education for all children. This publication underscores the importance of understanding the range and diversity of barriers that result in OOSC, including all forms of discrimination, child labour, distance to school, lack of investment, poverty, and instability.
