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A new report byfrominoofonovertountilup the United Nations says more than 250 million children byfrominoofonovertountilup primary school age cannot read or write. It said they could also not do basic mathematics. The report said that 120 million children have spent little or no time byfrominoofonovertountilup school. The researchers said children not going byfrominoofonovertountilup school means countries lose money. Each year, governments lose byfrominoofonovertountilup to $130 billion. Vibeke Jensen, a U.N. spokeswoman, said there was a global "learning crisis". She said this was because there were not enough well-trained teachers byfrominoofonovertountilup poor areas. She said that byfrominoofonovertountilup a third byfrominoofonovertountilup countries, 75 per cent byfrominoofonovertountilup primary school teachers do not have enough training. She added: "The issue now is to put the focus byfrominoofonovertountilup quality."

The report said that most byfrominoofonovertountilup those not going byfrominoofonovertountilup school were girls. It said it was important that developing countries educate girls. Sending girls byfrominoofonovertountilup school can increase a country's wealth byfrominoofonovertountilup 25 per cent byfrominoofonovertountilup 40 years. The report said that almost two-thirds (66%) byfrominoofonovertountilupf girls in Arab countries and sub-Saharan Africa would never go to school. In Yemen, just 36 per cent byfrominoofonovertountilup young women are literate. The Reuters news agency said: "If current trends continue, the poorest part byfrominoofonovertountilup the young female population in developing countries won’t achieve literacy byfrominoofonovertountilup 2072" There was some good news. In Laos, Rwanda and Vietnam, the number of children not going to school fell byfrominoofonovertountilup 85 per cent in the last five years.