2023. Participation in vocational training and demics by strengthening disease surveillance, information sharing, and international coop- tertiary education edged up from 14.4% in eration. WHO member states have carried out2015 to 14.7% in 2024. Global literacy rates improved, with youth literacy rising from 91% Agreement, laying an important foundation for a coordinated global response to future public85% to 88%, led by rapid gains in Central and lenging. The progress towards gender equality slowed since 2015. Gender disparities in edu- and Southern Asia. The urban-rural and rich- worldwide. In 2024, the global completion rates poor gaps in education are substantial. In most in primary, lower secondary, and upper second- low- and middle-income countries, the poorest ary education were 88.1%, 78.1% and 59.6% respectively, all up from the previous year (Fig- tion (UNESCO, 2024). Education spending is ure 1-15). Pre-primary participation increased extremely unbalanced. In 2022, of the US$5.8