UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) — For implementation of the goal, UNICEF is seeking $2.8 billion that the Fund expects to collect this year. At the moment, about 24 million children across the whole world attend school.
"This year UNICEF plans to dramatically increase the number of children in crises who are given access to education – from 4.9 million at the beginning of 2015 to 8.2 million in 2016. More than half — 5 million – will be Syrian children inside the country or in neighbouring countries," the press release read.
Nearly 24 million of the 109.2 million children of primary and lower secondary school age living in conflict zones, are missing out on their education, according to the UN data.
