UK government support for girls鈥� education worldwide
Girls鈥� education is a top international development priority for the UK government.
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Seven out of 10 children in low- and middle-income countries cannot read and understand a basic text by the age of 10. This increases to 9 out of 10 children in sub-Saharan Africa.
The UK government is working to provide quality education for all children. We do this not only because education is a human right, no matter where in the world you live. We also recognise that girls鈥� education, and all the benefits that come with it, leads to safer and more prosperous societies.
The UK has supported a total of 19.8 million children with a decent education since 2015. 10 million of these children were girls and 9.5 million of these children were boys. This page provides more information about how we are supporting girls鈥� education internationally.
Find out about UK government support for girls鈥� education worldwide.
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Updated with links to the G7 Global Objectives baseline and first follow-up reports.
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Updated, on International Day of Education, with additional results and announcements.
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Statement of voluntary compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics for results estimates added.
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Results updated, results estimates and methodology note added for indicator 'Children the FCDO supported to gain a decent education'.
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First published.