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Access to high quality higher and further education is often reserved for the privileged minority of students across the Middle East and Africa . For the less fortunate students from low income families and those attending underperforming schools , their post education future is uncertain . Inequitable access to education perpetuates cycles of poverty , exclusion and inequality .

Equitable access is the idea that all students should receive the same level of education , regardless of their background , economic status , or location they ’ re learning in . A lack of suitable , modern infrastructure , overburdened systems and poor learning outcomes are the present-day reality for millions of students .

Inequitable access can have direct and indirect impacts on students and their communities , with research showing that even one additional year of education could see a nation ’ s GDP grow from 2 – 5 % and provide the student with 10 % more earnings over a lifetime . Disparity in access to education is especially high across the Middle East and Africa . An Arab Youth Survey reports two-thirds of students in Northern Africa , The Levant and Yemen felt that the education system did not prepare them for their future .

80 % of Arab students in the Gulf States believe they are being prepared for the jobs of the future , which is more than double that of students in Northern Africa , The Levant and Yemen . p

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