NEWS: Today's youth are best-educated, U.N. says

Today's youth are best-educated, U.N. says

By EDITH M. LEDERER
The Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS ? Today's youth are the best-educated generation in history even though 130 million are still illiterate, according to a new U.N. report that urges greater investment to ensure universal primary schooling.

The U.N. World Youth Report 2005, which provided a snapshot of the 1.2 billion young people aged 15 to 24, found that more than 500 million youths live on less than $2 a day and a record 88 million who were seeking work are unemployed.

The report, produced by U.N. staff in collaboration with experts and young people, relied on global statistics from recent years provided by the United Nations, the World Bank and other sources. The study highlighted the stark differences in the lives and opportunities of young people in poor African and Asian nations versus those in richer Western countries.

 

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