| Resumen: |
Education is the basic building block of every society. It is a fundamental
human right, not a privilege of the few. It is no coincidence that parents
around the world demand education for their children as their first priority.
Children themselves yearn for the opportunity to fulfill their dreams. Just
ask them what they wish to be when they grow up. They want to be nurses,
teachers, musicians, mathematicians, painters and farmers. Education
is the gateway to learning the skills and values necessary to fulfill those
aspirations.
In our knowledge-based world, education is the single best investment
countries can make towards building prosperous, healthy and equitable
societies. It unleashes the optimal potential in people, improving individual
livelihoods and those of future generations. If all students in low-income
countries acquired basic reading skills, 171 million people could be lifted out
of poverty, equivalent to a 12% cut in world poverty. |
