All people deserve the right to educational equality, regardless of gender, race or financial income. According to the Daily Star, by 2015, only seventy percent of countries will have achieved gender equality in primary education and fifty-six percent will have achieved equality in lower secondary education. Equality in education is one of the main problems in school systems. Despite the progress made in recent years, girls still suffer many disadvantages in education systems. Although gender equality in education remains a crucial issue for many countries, women still make up two-thirds of the world's illiterate population. It is estimated that thirty-one million girls of primary school age and thirty-four million girls of lower secondary school age were out of school in 2011. (http://www .UNICEF.org/education/bege-61657.html) Girls' education is both an intrinsic right and an essential lever for achieving other development goals, says UNICEF. Girls' education is important to achieve quality learning. Girls who have been educated are likely to marry later and have smaller, healthier families. Educated women can recognize the importance of health care and know how to obtain it for themselves and their children. Education helps girls and women know their rights and gain the confidence to claim them. However, female literacy rates are significantly lower than male literacy rates in most developing countries. UNICEF recognizes the opportunities provided by girls' education and supports governments in reducing gender discrimination through interventions at national, local and community levels aimed at empowering girls. As we look to 2015 and beyond, UNICEF continues to take a more transformative approach to girls' education...... middle of document ......01.07.x.html Basic education and gender equality. » UNICEF- web. March 11, 2014 http://www.unicef.org/education/bege-61657.html. “Education Equality-Feminist Majority Foundation.” Foundation for Educational Equality and the Feminist Majority web.March 10. 2014 http://Feminist.org/education/“Gender Equality”. Education International - web.12 Mar. 2014. http://ei-ie.org/en/websections/content_detail?3274 “Leadership for educational equity: about the LEE. » Leadership for educational equity. Internet. April 19, 2014 http://educationalequity.org/about/“Your right to equality in education. “Editorial Sybil Liberty [New York] http://www.aclu.org.Roberts, Sam. “Racial equality still a work in progress, survey finds.” The New York Times. The New York Times, August 22, 2013. Web. April 18, 2014. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/23/us/americans-see-racial-equality-as-a-work-in-progress-pew-poll-finds.html