All girls need 12 years of quality education

Second grade student Elizabeth Wairimo at Nyamachaki Primary School, Nyeri County, Kenya. CREDIT: GPE/Kelley Lynch.

This blog post is authored by the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary, and Amb. (Dr.) Amina Mohamed, Cabinet Secretary for Education, Kenya.

Over 130 million girls around the world will not attend school today – and over half of all school-age girls fail to achieve minimum proficiency in reading and mathematics. Although 193 member states of the United Nations have committed to ensuring their children receive a quality education by 2030, it remains a distant reality for millions of girls.