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    Educate every child

    At school in Cambodia (c)Save the Children/Dan White

    Children are born into the world eager to learn. All too often, though they do not have access to education.

    Children are born into the world eager to learn. All too often, though, they do not have access to education. Today, more than 110 million school-age children worldwide, mostly girls, are not going to school and millions more are receiving poor quality education.

    But a quality, basic education is every child's fundamental right. Gender discrimination must be eliminated, and schools must become places where all children feel safe. Schools cannot be so far away that they would be unable to attend. Education is not only a child’s right. It is also a child's responsibility, one of the most profound responsibilities a child can and wants to undertake.