JOHANNESBURG - President Jacob Zuma Zuma, who hosts a mini-summit of African leaders today, hours before the World Cup final game between the Netherlands and Spain, called on South Africans and the world to support the campaign, adding that in the playing field of life there was nothing more important than education.
He said: We want education to be the lasting legacy of the 2010 World Cup, as the first World Cup soccer tournament on African soil. We urge all nations of the world to mobilise in every corner to ensure that every child is in school, especially at the primary school level.
In addition to continental heads of state and government, others expected to attend todays summit include senior officials from the United Nations and the African Union as well as several eminent persons and football stars.
Officially launched in 2009, I GOAL is a global movement to help ensure that every child can get an education. The campaign focuses on encouraging world leaders to make education for all children a top priority and reality.
According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation access to schooling in developing countries has improved since 1990 but there still remains an estimated 72 children across the world without access to education.
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