The number of children and adolescents out of school was reduced by half at the World Education Forum, 2000 in Senegal, where the 164 governments agreed on a plan for meeting some key education goals by 2015.
There, the International Community confirmed its dedication to attaining Education For All (EFA) by 2015 via the adoption of the Dakar Framework for Action.
The Dakar Framework for Action comments that the 'heart of EFA lies at country level'. It also claims that 'no countries seriously committed to education for all will be stopped in their achievement of this purpose by a dearth of resources.
