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Education is perhaps the single greatest equaliser of wealth and financial stability, offering individuals with high potential who come from low-income households the greatest tool to break poverty cycles that span generations.
Unfortunately, access to higher education and quality secondary education is greatly skewed to favour individuals who come from households that are financially well-off. Even in countries with government aid and free public education, low income families don’t have the same access to quality schools or ability to afford the associated costs of unviersity learning.
A 2017 UNESCO policy paper shows that the global poverty rate could be more than halved if all adults completed secondary school*. However, in countries like India less than 40% of 15-19 year olds are still in school.**
In high-income and developing countries alike, low-income students attend higher education at a fraction of the rate as their wealthier peers.
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