In its report, The State of the World's Children 2002, published last week, UNICEFsays that despite outstanding examples of progress in the past decade, most governments have not lived up to the promises made at the 1990 World Summit for Children. Even though the 1990s saw great technological advances, basic goals to improve children's education set at the 1990 summit have not been met.
According to the report, more than 100 million children worldwide, including 60 million girls, are still not in school. Most are being deprived of education by poverty, the need to work for their families, disability, HIV/AIDS, or armed conflicts. The report says 600 million children live in poverty, severely reducing their access to basic education.
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