Empower Communities Through Education
The Impact of Education
- Greater Opportunities
- Gender Equity
- Improved Health
- Generational Transformation
One additional year of schooling increases earnings by 10%. In almost every country and at all levels of schooling, returns to education are higher for women (10%) than for men (8%).
Global Partnership for Education
Girls who go to school are less likely to marry early or against their will. Having an education empowers women to make their own life choices.
UNESCO Global Monitoring Report, 2012/14
More schooling correlates with longer lifespans, as each additional year of schooling leads to a drop in mortality.
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
If all students in low-income countries left school with basic reading skills, 171 million people could be lifted out of poverty.
Global Partnership for Education
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Last updated: 12/03/2025
250 Million Children Aren’t Learning Basic Reading and Writing Skills.
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