While enrollment figures demonstrate that much progress has been made on girls’ education, the use of such figures create a tendency to ‘minimally achieve the targets’ set for the achievement of the education-related MDGs.  New measurements on gender and education are needed to better reflect reality and efforts made by developing countries governments and donors should be channeled to ensure that children complete their education and that the school system is functional for all students. 

This month we will be making a personal appeal to Andrew Mitchell MP, the Secretary of State for International Development, to ask him to use the UK’s international leadership position on supporting education in the developing world to push for more ambitious action on girl’s education,  that children complete their education and that the school system is functional for all students.