High cost is probably the single most important factor excluding poor children from school.
Governments should invest in schools so that they do not need to charge fees or to make parents pay for desks, textbooks, and pencils. Mobilization of at least three per cent of GNP for primary education through increased revenue collection, enhanced equity in the distribution of public spending, and the conversion of military expenditure into investment in basic education. Improvements in the quality of education. Development of partnership with non-government actors to identify and implement innovative strategies for extending the coverage and improving the quality of basic education. National and international action to ensure that child labor does not prevent the realization of the right to education.