Equitable and sustainable access to education
What’s at stake?, More than 30 per cent of all children worldwide who are not enrolled in school live in West and Central Africa ‒ mainly in Nigeria, DR Congo and the Sahelian countries. The reasons are diverse, but often centre on poverty, rural residence, gender, disability and lack of school facilities. Many of these 29 million primary school-age children and 12…, Our goal, Change strategies, In West and Central Africa, UNICEF will carry out these integrated strategies to accelerate progress toward change. Strengthening national and local data management systems to ensure that countries can accurately measure school attendance and identify excluded children. Promoting a holistic vision of education that includes alternative education…