Africa: At UN Forum, Ban Urges World Leaders Aim to Set Global Roadmap for Education Until 2030

19 May 2015

Education is not a privilege but rather a birthright that secures human rights and fights violent extremism, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today in Incheon, Republic of Korea, as he opened the World Education Forum 2015 which aims to set the roadmap for global education until 2030.

"The terrorists know this. That is why they keep attacking schools, like in Garissa, Kenya and Peshawar, Pakistan. They target girls with books, like Malala Yousafzai and her friends as well as the girls in Chibok, Nigeria," Mr. Ban told the 1,500 participants gathered at the WEF.

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