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at least 250 million of the world's 650 million primary school age children are unable to read, write or do basic mathematics, according to a report wednesday commissioned by the u.n. education agency.
in a third of countries analyzed by the team, less than 75 per cent of the primary school teachers had been trained to meet national standards.
the report said that ensuring an equal, quality education can increase a country's gross domestic product per capita by 23 per cent over 40 years.
the research team reported that almost half the world's out-of-school population of 57 million live in conflict-affected areas, up from 42 per cent in 2008.
on the plus side, it said three countries reduced their out-of-school populations by at least 85 per cent in the last five years — laos, rwanda and vietnam.

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In that passage, there are 72 occurrences of the letter "e."
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