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UNESCO CONFERENCE CALLS ON DONORS TO SPEND MORE ON EDUCATION
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To achieve universal primary education, adult literacy and early childhood care by 2015, the 6th meeting of the High-Level Group on Education for All, organized by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and meeting in Cairo, Egypt, from 14-16 November, adopted recommendations urging countries to spend 4 to 6 percent of national income […]
To achieve universal primary education, adult literacy and early childhood care by 2015, the 6th meeting of the High-Level Group on Education for All, organized by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and meeting in Cairo, Egypt, from 14-16 November, adopted recommendations urging countries to spend 4 to 6 percent of national income on education.
The conference, which was attended by education ministers from developing countries, several multilateral and bilateral agencies, NGOs and the private sector, focused on strategies to increase funding from to better respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and improve cooperation to achieve Education for All goals.
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UN news release, 17 November 2006