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Equity in primary education

The United Nations Education, Social and Cultural Organisation's latest findings on the impact of socio-economic inequalities on primary education underscore the need to widen the current focus on raising enrolments in schools to include issues related to the learning environment. Although ensuring that children go to school has been a key element in the strategy to combat child labour, consolidating the gains from near-universal primary enrolment calls for a concerted effort in several related areas.

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