Around 63 million adolescents have been denied their right to education, making them twice as likely to be out of school than primary school-age children, according to a report published on Monday. In total, 121 million children and adolescents have either never started school or have dropped out, with children living in conflict, child labourers and those facing discrimination because of ethnicity, gender and disability the most affected, the joint report by two UN agencies

Global education faces an annual budgetary shortfall of $26bn, according to Unesco. While governments, foundations and nonprofits can help with various aspects of this problem, education spending is certainly also a business issue. Find out more #educationalspending #corporations #globaleducation