The under-educated are more likely to be unemployed or engaged in poorly paid work. In an increasingly knowledge-based economy, education, and training in technology are becoming key factors in determining people's wealth.
Education gives people the chance to support themselves and their families.
Education saves lives Every year, almost 12 million children under the age of five die from infectious diseases directly associated with poverty. Educated mothers have better access to information about health and nutrition and are more likely to take a sick child for treatment at an early stage than women who cannot read or write. International evidence shows that for each extra year spent by mothers in primary school, their children's risk of premature death is reduced by about eight per cent. In Niger, which has the world's highest infant-mortality rate, the children of mothers who have received primary education are 60 per cent more likely to survive. Education gives people a voice Education enables people to take control of their lives.