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Foreword Executive Summary 1. Introduction Fundamental operating assumptions Structures for implementing the Dakar Framework Purpose of the monitoring report 2. Overview of progress towards all EFA goals Goals with a deadline - Achievement of quality universal primary education (UPE) by 2015 - Elimination of gender disparities in primary and secondary education by 2005 and achieving gender equality in education by 2015 - Achievement of a 50% improvement in the levels of adult literacy by 2015 Other goals - Expand early childhood care and education - Promote the acquisition of life-skills by adolescents and youth Challenges in measuring the quality of education Figures Figure 1. Trends in total number of pupils in primary education, 1975-2015 (Estimates and projections) Figure 2. Primary school-age population: enrolled and out-of-school children, 1975-97 Figure 3. Gender disparity in net enrolment ratios (NER) in the developing regions, 1998 Female NER ( % ): Sub-Saharan Africa / Arab States Figure 3. Gender disparity in net enrolment rations (NER) in the developing regions, 1998 Female NER (%): Latin America / Asia and Pacific Figure 4. Literacy pyramids of the world’s adult population by age group and sex, 1990 and 2000 Figure 5. Gross enrolment ratio in pre-primary education, 1998 (mean and variation within regions) Tables Table 1: Effort required to achieve universal primary education by 2015 Table 2: Classification of countries according to enrolment gender parity index and region, 1998 Table 3: Effort required to achieve the Dakar literacy goal by the year 2015 Table 4 : Data and information on extent, outcome, cost and monitoring and evaluation of adult and non-formal education in the E-9 Countries 3. The current status of planning for EFA Update on actions at the national level Data on co-operation with civil society Varying quality of national plans Provisions for monitoring Capacity building Update on actions at the regional level 4. Action at the international level Inter-agency flagships - Operational flagship programmes - New flagship programmes - Proposed flagship programmes 5. Co-operation with civil society organizations Examples of civil society action in different countries 6. Mobilizing resources for EFA - Trends in international development assistance during the 1990s - Estimates of the total cost of achieving EFA - Current challenges - Summary of progress in financial support for EFA - The need for efficient spending of funds for EFA 7. Summary of follow-up actions - The feasibility of achieving EFA - The need for a comprehensive EFA strategy - The need for better monitoring - The need to focus on quality of education and to target efforts towards what works - The need for enhanced resources - New information technologies - Looking ahead Appendices Consultations Statistical tables Sub-Saharan Africa - Primary Education Arab States - Asia - Primary Education Latin America - Pacific - Primary Education
