From BBC.com (do only the British care about this? why isn't this fronting American news sources?):
The United Nations' target of universal primary education by 2015 is unlikely to be reached, a new report shows.
More children are going to school, but many are dropping out before finishing primary education, the UN educational, scientific and cultural agency said.
Many more are leaving without having learned even basic literacy and numeracy skills, the UN said.
Unesco's 2005 Education For All report also reveals a continuing gender inequality in education.
Two thirds of children who do not attend school are girls. Two thirds of the 800 million illiterate people around the world are women.