Boost Asean growth by promoting universal access
published :
29 Dec 2020 at 04:00
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In recent decades, the Asean Economic Community (AEC), which represents more than 620 million people across 10 member states, has experienced rapid socio-economic growth. The distribution of this prosperity though has not been uniform. Inequities abound, with no better example than the 3-4 million children in the region who still do not have access to basic primary level education.
However, this is not a recent phenomenon. According to Unesco UIS statistics, efforts to achieve universal primary education access for marginalised and vulnerable children in the Asean region has stagnated with little improvement for more than several decades.