At the primary school level, South Sudan has the highest rate of out-of-school children with close to 72 percent of children missing out on education, followed by Chad and Afghanistan, said Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, at the daily news briefing, citing UNICEF.

The three countries also have the highest rate of girls who are out of school, he said.

At the lower-secondary school level, the highest rates are found in Niger, South Sudan and the Central African Republic, said the spokesperson. RSS