New Education Policy aims for universal primary education, gender equality.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-30 August 2002-ADB: New Education Policy aims for universal primary education, gender equality (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:08302002 MANILA, PHILIPPINES -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today approved a new Education Policy aimed at providing all children and adults in the Asia-Pacific region with equitable access to an education that will empower them to break out of the poverty cycle and participate effectively in national development.

The policy underpins ADB's support for the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, which include enrolling all children in primary school, promoting gender equality and empowering women by 2015. Since investment in education is essential to ADB's overarching goal of poverty...