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Special Report - Education 2011 (ISSN 17414474)
Mixed marks for primary
A 2002 report by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) noted that “over a decade ago, policymakers and educational leaders became aware of the fact that Latin America was far behind the rest of the world in the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of its primary education system”. This issue has received particular attention given that one of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), adopted in 2000 by the UN, includes “universal primary education (UPE)” by 2015. While the latest annual (2011) Unesco Education for All Global Monitoring Report notes that most of the region is close to achieving UPE, it cites as the next challenge the need to improve levels of learning achievement.
