A Unesco report highlights child labour, poverty, and bullying as key drivers of school dropout among boys, with millions disengaging from education. Poverty, child labour, bullying and violence are among key drivers behind boys disengaging from school, according to education experts. This, as the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (Unesco) latest global report has pointed to at least 132 million boys of primary and secondary school age having dropped out of primary and secondary learning institutions. Key findings: Globally, only 88 men were enrolled in tertiary education for every 100 women; and In 73 countries, fewer boys than girls were enrolled in upper-secondary education, while the opposite was the case in 48 countries. Unesco said the data highlighted “a global phenomenon: child labour and poverty – among other
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Javier Milei waves a chainsaw during a campaign rally in San Martin, Buenos Aires province, Argentina in September 2023. Photo: LUIS ROBAYO / AFPSource: AFP Argentina recorded a monthly inflation rate of 2.2 percent in January, the lowest in 4.5 years, the INDEC national statistics agency said Thursday, in a boost for budget-slashing President Javier Milei. Inflation, the perennial bugbear of South America’s second-biggest economy, was down from 2.7 percent in December, it said, and January was the fourth straight month in which prices rose by less than 3 percent. Year-on-year, January inflation came in at 84.5 percent, said the INDEC — the first time in two years it was under 100 percent, but still one of the highest in the world. By the end of 2024 inflation was at