With the 2015 target date for the Millennium Development Goals and Education For All fast approaching, the issue of out-of-school children is more important than ever for countries in West and Central Africa.
This study, organized and funded by the UNICEF West and Central Africa Regional Office in collaboration with UNICEF national offices in the region, aims to shed some light on the scale and mechanisms of exclusion in the region, and to bring to the fore a number of tools and resources that are available to promote the educational inclusion of all children.