‘Failure’ to educate world’s children
Written by ry on April 17th, 2005
From a story on BBC News today:
The world’s richest countries are failing to provide the funds needed for education in the developing world, the Global Campaign for Education has said.
The campaign group’s report was published during ministerial meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington.
The delegates are set to discus efforts to achieve universal primary education.
World leaders have agreed a target of providing primary education for all children by 2015.
It was part of the Millennium Development Goals agreed at a United Nations summit five years ago.
In The Kitáb-i-Aqdas, The Most Holy Book, Bahá’u’lláh emphasized the necessity of providing the means for the education of children.
From the Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, pages 259-260:
Man is the supreme Talisman. Lack of a proper education hath, however, deprived him of that which he doth inherently possess. …The Great Being saith: Regard man as a mine rich in gems of inestimable value. Education can, alone, cause it to reveal its treasures, and enable mankind to benefit therefrom.
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