Since the beginning of the century, recognition of this has driven many countries to pursue the Millennium Development Goal of achieving universal primary education and eradicating gender disparities at all levels of education by 2015. This has contributed to considerable progress in expanding educational opportunities and attainment worldwide.
首尔——教育能从根本上推动个人、国家和全球的发展。自本世纪伊始，相关认识就推动众多国家努力实现到2015年普及小学教育、消除教育领域两性差异的千年发展目标。这成就了扩大全球教育机会及提高教育水平的巨大进步。但还有很多工作要做。