New Delhi, Oct 19 (PTI) The world has moved closer to gender parity in education in the last three decades, but at least 133 million girls still remain out of school across the globe, according to UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring (GEM) team.

In 1995, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action set out an ambitious vision — full and equal participation of women in all aspects of life, including education. Thirty years later, much has been achieved but the new UNESCO data show how much remains unfinished.

“Since 1995, the world has moved closer to gender parity in education. Girls now enrol in primary, lower and upper secondary school at rates equal to boys. Globally, 91 million more girls are in primary education than three decades ago, and 136 million more are in secondary,” a GE

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