Essay Example on List of countries under the regions Covered

List of countries under the regions covered 1 Sub Saharan African countries Liberia Mauritius Mozambique Nigeria South Africa Sudan Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe 2 South Asian countries Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Sri Lanka 3 North American and European countries Mexico Jamaica United States of America USA Bahamas France Germany Greece United Kingdom Ireland Objectives of research 1 To investigate and present how minimum proficiency levels MPLs among children are essential for their access to quality education 2 To propose the critical need to improve the quality of education Research Methodology Secondary Data Various international journals fact sheets government websites not for profit organizational resources books and magazines have been referred for collection and analysis of secondary data Data Analysis and Interpretation Source UNESCO Institute for Statistics Interpretation Sub Saharan Africa is the region with the lowest rate of MPLs for adolescents 89 followed by Southern Asia 80 Across the region 81 of children and adolescents 241 million will not meet minimum proficiency levels in reading by the time they are of age to complete primary and lower secondary education 

 Unfortunately 60 of the dropout happens in the first three grades of the school cycle leaving many children without basic skills It is not surprising to find that 40 million children 10 of the total unable to read proficiently have either left school and will not re enroll or have never been in school and will probably never start If current trends continue they will remain permanently excluded from education Source World Development Indicators The World Bank Interpretation 230 million adolescents will not achieve MPLs in reading by the time they should be completing lower secondary education About 60 or 137 million are in school The remaining 93 million are will drop out before completing this level of education or are never likely to attend school Table 1 6 Country specific data Country Out of school children Children not achieving MPLs in reading North America and Europe 8 4 Eastern and South Eastern Asia 29 5 4 7 World 57 10 Southern Asia 81 12 Sub Saharan Africa 87 21 Source World Development indicators the World Bank Interpretation There is a positive correlation proven between percentage of Out of school children and Children not achieving MPLs in reading For eg in the Sub Saharan Africa where the number of Out of school children 21 the number of children not achieving MPL in reading 87 Globally for 10 of out of school children 57 fail to achieve MPLs in reading Limitations Due to different data sources the number may not capture the actual number of children not achieving MLPs in reading and learning