(Brookings) About 8.5 million children and youth are out of school at the primary and secondary level (having never enrolled or dropped out prematurely). Many are girls from poor, rural communities often living in regions affected by conflict. Even those who do attend and stay in school are not receiving a good-quality education. 56% of primary students and 48% of secondary students cannot read or write fluently or perform basic numeracy functions. In the Middle East and North Africa, only about 18% of working-age Arab women actually have jobs.
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