EAC, cognizant of the progress made, lessons learned and the promises left unfulfilled, remains steadfast in its aim to identify and enrol the hardest-to-reach OOSC. For sustainable development means little if millions of children’s basic human right to education is violated. Uneducated children miss out on a chance at a better life for themselves, their families and communities. The continued incidence of OOSC, particularly in countries that linger on the cusp of universal primary education (UPE), serves as a clarion call for the world to change the way it works if we are to achieve a sustainable planet.
EAC wishes to help these countries close the gap through its new ZERO OOSC Strategy. By working together to demonstrate how a country can bring OOSC down to ZERO, we shall be proposing effective means to address some of the major challenges facing children, communities and long-term sustainable development.
Publication Date:
January 05, 2020