Definition: In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to identify an event from the passage. An event is defined as a single word representing something that happened, is happening, or may happen. An event can be factual or hypothetical, positive or negative, certain or uncertain. While most events are based on verbs, an event can also be based on a noun (ex. storm, snow, rainfall) or a copula verb (is, was, been, etc.). The event must not be a pronoun or an adjective. For noun events with multiple words, use the last word in the phrase as event.
Input: Passage: For instance, of 781 million adult illiterates, only 100 million will achieve literacy by 2015 at current rates of progress, said the communique. The communique recommends that countries spend 4-6 percent of national income on education, and that donors raise levels of predictable and long-term financing to reach the 11 billion U.S. dollars required annually for universal primary education, adult literacy and early childhood care and education (ECCE).

reach