As of 2024, 273 million children, adolescents, and youth worldwide are not in school. The 2026 UNESCO GEM Report warns of a reversal in education access and introduces new policy benchmarks to close the gap.
The 2026 UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report, released just four years before the 2030 deadline, reveals the hard truth about education equity. 272 million children, adolescents, and youth remain out of school worldwide.
On March 25, 2026, UNESCO released its Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report, revealing that 273 million children, adolescents, and youth worldwide are out of school β roughly one in six. The SDG 4 goal of quality education for all by 2030 is now seriously at risk.
AI is said to be revolutionizing education β but are its benefits reaching everyone equally? We look at the reality of AI education gaps through data from South Korea, the United States, and Europe.