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Between 2001 and 2016, the number of children in school around the world rose by 243 million, or approximately 20 percent. This is fantastic news. Tens of millions of more children today have access to a basic education and many of these are learning and will have brighter futures.

However, despite this very positive increase, there are still too many of these children who are not learning enough, especially the poorest.

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