UN / UNESCO EDUCATION REPORT
29-Jan-2014
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A UNESCO report on education reveals that one in four young people in poor countries are unable to read a single sentence. The report says that a global learning crisis is costing governments $129 billion a year and that ten per cent of global spending on primary education is being lost on poor quality teaching that is failing to ensure that children learn. UNTV
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STORY: UN / UNESCO EDUCATION REPORT
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SOURCE: UNTV
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 29 JANUARY 2014, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
TRT: 2.12
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 29 JANUARY 2014, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
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FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, UN building
DATELINE: 29 JANUARY 2014, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, presser
3. Med shot, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Vibeke Jensen, Director of UNESCO’s office in New York:
“This 11th Education for All Global Monitoring Report reveals that despite spending $129 billion a year on education worldwide, 250 million children are still failing to learn the basics and out of those 250 million, the worrying information is that about 125 to 130 million of those children actually have gone to school and completed the first four years”.
5. Med shot, journalists
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Vibeke Jensen, Director of UNESCO’s office in New York:
“The Report concludes that good teachers are the key to improvement and calls on governments to provide the best in the profession to those who need them most.”
7. Zoom out, journalist reading the report
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Vibeke Jensen, Director of UNESCO’s office in New York:
“On current trends, the Report projects that it will take until 2072 for all the poorest young women in developing countries to be literate; and possibly until the next century for all girls from the poorest families in sub-Saharan Africa to finish lower secondary education."
9. Med shot, cameraman
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Vibeke Jensen, Director of UNESCO’s office in New York:
“The Report finds that at current rates of recruitment, almost 60 countries won’t be able to recruit enough primary school teachers by 2015, and almost 30 will not even be able to do so by 2030."
11. Med shot, journalists
12. Med shot, Vibeke Jensen walks away from podium
1. Wide shot, exterior, UN building
DATELINE: 29 JANUARY 2014, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, presser
3. Med shot, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Vibeke Jensen, Director of UNESCO’s office in New York:
“This 11th Education for All Global Monitoring Report reveals that despite spending $129 billion a year on education worldwide, 250 million children are still failing to learn the basics and out of those 250 million, the worrying information is that about 125 to 130 million of those children actually have gone to school and completed the first four years”.
5. Med shot, journalists
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Vibeke Jensen, Director of UNESCO’s office in New York:
“The Report concludes that good teachers are the key to improvement and calls on governments to provide the best in the profession to those who need them most.”
7. Zoom out, journalist reading the report
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Vibeke Jensen, Director of UNESCO’s office in New York:
“On current trends, the Report projects that it will take until 2072 for all the poorest young women in developing countries to be literate; and possibly until the next century for all girls from the poorest families in sub-Saharan Africa to finish lower secondary education."
9. Med shot, cameraman
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Vibeke Jensen, Director of UNESCO’s office in New York:
“The Report finds that at current rates of recruitment, almost 60 countries won’t be able to recruit enough primary school teachers by 2015, and almost 30 will not even be able to do so by 2030."
11. Med shot, journalists
12. Med shot, Vibeke Jensen walks away from podium
STORYLINE
According to the latest UNESCO "Education for All Global Monitoring Report" one in four young people in poor countries are unable to read a single sentence.
At a press conference at United Nations (UN) headquarters, Vibeke Jensen, the director of UNESCO’s office in New York, said that, the report reveals that a global learning crisis is costing governments $129 billion a year. Ten per cent of global spending on primary education is being lost on poor quality education that is failing to ensure that children learn.
Jensen said that the report concludes that good teachers are the key to improvement and calls on governments to provide the best in the profession to those who need them most.
She warned that without attracting and adequately training enough teachers the learning crisis will last for several generations and hit the disadvantaged hardest.
Jensen said that “on current trends, the report projects that it will take until 2072 for all the poorest young women in developing countries to be literate; and possibly until the next century for all girls from the poorest families in sub-Saharan Africa to finish lower secondary education."
She underlined that by 2015, 5.2 million teachers will need to be recruited to allow children to fulfill their right to a universal, free and quality education. But she said that’s not going to happen. The report she said, finds that “current rates of recruitment, almost 60 countries won’t be able to recruit enough primary school teachers by 2015, and almost 30 will not even be able to do so by 2030."
According to UNESCO’s publication, around 175 million young people in poor countries –equivalent to around one quarter of the youth population – cannot read all or part of a sentence, affecting one third of young women in South and West Asia.
The report said that in many sub-Saharan African countries, the report reveals that only one in five of the poorest children reach the end of primary school having learnt the basics in reading and mathematics and she stressed that poor quality education is leaving a legacy of illiteracy more widespread than previously believed.
At a press conference at United Nations (UN) headquarters, Vibeke Jensen, the director of UNESCO’s office in New York, said that, the report reveals that a global learning crisis is costing governments $129 billion a year. Ten per cent of global spending on primary education is being lost on poor quality education that is failing to ensure that children learn.
Jensen said that the report concludes that good teachers are the key to improvement and calls on governments to provide the best in the profession to those who need them most.
She warned that without attracting and adequately training enough teachers the learning crisis will last for several generations and hit the disadvantaged hardest.
Jensen said that “on current trends, the report projects that it will take until 2072 for all the poorest young women in developing countries to be literate; and possibly until the next century for all girls from the poorest families in sub-Saharan Africa to finish lower secondary education."
She underlined that by 2015, 5.2 million teachers will need to be recruited to allow children to fulfill their right to a universal, free and quality education. But she said that’s not going to happen. The report she said, finds that “current rates of recruitment, almost 60 countries won’t be able to recruit enough primary school teachers by 2015, and almost 30 will not even be able to do so by 2030."
According to UNESCO’s publication, around 175 million young people in poor countries –equivalent to around one quarter of the youth population – cannot read all or part of a sentence, affecting one third of young women in South and West Asia.
The report said that in many sub-Saharan African countries, the report reveals that only one in five of the poorest children reach the end of primary school having learnt the basics in reading and mathematics and she stressed that poor quality education is leaving a legacy of illiteracy more widespread than previously believed.
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