Overview

• The Global Education Monitoring Team report updates the out-of-school estimate to 272 million children worldwide, an increase of over 21 million since the last assessment.
• Revised enrolment and attendance data account for eight million of the rise while expanded UN population projections contribute 13 million to the total.
• Afghanistan’s 2021 ban on girls attending secondary school further exacerbates the surge in out-of-school youths.
• The report cautions that conflict zones likely undercount out-of-school rates due to disrupted data collection during crises.
• Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 targets could reduce the global out-of-school population by 165 million by 2030 despite a projected 75 million shortfall by 2025.