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Commentary

Only since the 1950s, with the coming of independence to much of the developing world, has `education for all' been taken seriously.

School enrolment then doubled in one generation. But in the 1980s, debt and economic adjustment took their toll on the education of millions of today's teenagers.

Today, progress is being renewed. But education is no longer a numbers game. Success or failure depends now on the quality and relevance of the education being offered.