The UN’s 2013 Millennium Development Goal report highlights the gains made so far in achieving the MDGs, but also describes the major challenges that remain. The world is not on track to reach the goal of universal primary education by 2015. Despite a significant reduction in the number of out-of-school children–from 102 million in 2000 to 57 million in 2011–progress has slowed in the last few years and inequalities remain high.

The EFA GMR says that the Global Partnership for Education can play a key role to strengthen the quality of developing countries' education systems.

Read the full blog on the EFA GMR website