The sixth edition of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report has just been launched. It testifies to considerable progress but also major challenges. While the number of out-of-school children has dropped sharply and primary education has leaped ahead, 774 million adults around the world still lack literacy skills and 72 million children are deprived of school. This double issue of the UNESCO Courier (December 2007 – January 2008) examines these challenges.

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