If the enrolment trends remain the same, only 15 out of 45 countries will reach UPE by 2015 (MINEDAF VIII Stat Doc); More than 30% of school-age children will not be in primary school in 2015 current trends continue (Dakar + 1) HIV/AIDS epidemic: 10% of teachers expected to die over the next 5 years; HIV/AIDS orphans to rise from 11 million in 2000 to 33 million in 2010 Gender disparities exist in 75% of the countries The Challenges in Africa "Poverty in Africa is still rooted and endemic. ‘People living in Africa south of the Sahara are almost as poor today as they were twenty years ago’” (K. Annan)
