Even though news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7120977.stm this is heartening, there are still over 70 million children who do not receive a basic education.
What is surprising for me is the absence of the USA and Japan in the top 10 for the international chart showing how countries around the world are measured against four criteria: universal primary education, adult literacy, the quality of education and gender parity. UK was second.