11th Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2013 – 14

UNESCO released the 11th Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2013 – 14 on 28 January 2014. The theme of the report was Teaching and Learning: Achieving quality for all.
The report warns that despite advances made in education, not a single goal laid down in Dakar, Senegal in 2000 will be achieved globally by 2015. - See more at: http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/unesco-released-11th-efa-global-monitoring-report-201314-1390998268-1#sthash.FcUfSFt6.dpuf

UNESCo released the 11th Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2013 – 14 on Tuesday Jan 28,2014

The Theme of the Report was Teaching and Learning:Achieving Quality For All

The Report warns that despite advances made in education,not a single goal laid down in Dakar,Senegal in  2000 will be achieved globally by 2015

The "EFA Global Monitoring Report, 2013-14: Teaching and Learning: Achieving Quality for All", commissioned by the UNESCO, said 10 countries (including India) account for 557 million or 72% of the global population of illiterate adults.

India has by far the largest population of illiterate adults -- 287 million or 37 %of the global total

India's literacy rate rose from 48% in 1991 to 63 % in 2006, (the latest year for which data was available), but population growth cancelled the gains. So there was no change in the number of illiterate adults

In India,Education accounts for 10.5% of the Total Govt Expenditure which is 3.3% of the GDP whichwas below the target of 6% of GDP

Allocation for Education in India varies widely across States -

• Kerala 685 Dollar a year per pupil
• Himachal Pradesh 542 Dollar a year per pupil
• West Bengal 127 Dollar a year per pupil
• Bihar 100 Dollar a year per pupil