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In closing, let it be stated that although the EFA Initiative was conceived through years of painstaking preparation involving professionals drawn from every conceivable field, by all accounts a true labour of love, its execution thus far has lacked the precision of thrust and tenacity it deserves. Researchers like Dr. Tooley whose heels are lodged deeper in the grassroots are very important to this pursuit and their calls for a drastic reformation of guiding principles need to be heeded and acted upon with great urgency, not ignored.
The UN must wake to the galling reality that it wages war with an implacable aggressor: illiteracy. The options of attack are fast tapering with each passing second. If victory is desired by 2015, this is one dogfight that will not be defused by dialogue.
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1. “Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals,” UN Millennium Project 2005. Overview. 2005. xii, available at http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/reports/fullreport.htm.
2. EFA Global Monitoring Report 2003/4: Regional Review - Sub-Saharan Africa, available at http://www.unesco.org/education/efa_report/zoom_regions_pdf/ssafrica.pdf.
3. Dixon, P., and Tooley, J., “The Failures of State Schooling in Developing Countries and the People’s Response,” Index of Economic Freedom, 2006, available at http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/chapters/htm/Index2006_Chap2.cfm
4. “Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals,” UN Millennium Project 2005. Overview. 2005. p 15, available at http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/reports/fullreport.htm.
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Manny Maurice
Manny Maurice is a youth activist and Vice President of the Future Leaders Network, Nigeria. Also a petroleum engineering graduate, he enjoys penning down commentaries on burning socio-political questions, and runs a blog of his opinions at http://thepayzone.blogspot.com.
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Sandy Mae Gaspay | Apr 18th, 2007
This article is an eye opener for everyone. This just goes to show that achieving the millenium development goals requires a consolidated effort between the helpers and the "helped".
Zorica Vukovic | May 30th, 2007
Very resourseful and moving article!
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