#2 Achieve universal primary education

What does this mean:
Make sure that all children go to primary school. This goal is important because education is one of the most important ways for people, especially children, to improve their lives.

Why:
There are many kids in the world who don’t go to school. For some children, going to school is too expensive, and their parents don’t have enough money. Some kids must work to help their parents feed the family. Some communities and families do not believe their children—most often girl children—do not need school for the lives they will live. Or maybe—especially in countries where a lot of people are infected with HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis—their parents are sick or have died, and they have to work to support themselves and their brothers and sisters. Or perhaps the schools are too far away or overcrowded. There are many reasons that children do not go to school, but the end result is the same. These kids and their children after them are more likely to be poor and remain poor.