GOAL 2:
ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION

• MDG Monitor for Goal 2
• Fact Sheet for Goal 2

Target 1: 
Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling

• Political will, coupled with targeted investments, have yielded widespread progress in primary school enrolment 
  
• Poverty’s grip keeps children out of school 
  
• The quality of education is as important as enrolment