Editorial Comment: Inclusive education a fundamental right

A United Nations agency said this week that half-a-million local children of school-going age are out of school.

The statistics, revealed by the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef), came as Zimbabwe joined the rest of the world on Wednesday in commemorating the International Day of Education, a date set aside by the UN General Assembly to celebrate the role of education in peace and development.

“Only six children out of 10 aged three to five are enrolled in pre-primary education and an estimated half a million children of primary and lower secondary school age are out of school.

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