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How close is the world to the Millennium Development Goal of universal primary education by 2015? This article looks at the trends in four indicators of primary and secondary education. Primary net intake rate (NIR), the share of children who enter school at the official school entrance age. Calculation method: Primary NIR = number of new entrants to the first grade of primary school who are of official primary school entrance age / total number of children of official primary school entrance age. Primary net enrollment rate (NER), the share of children of official primary school age who are enrolled in primary school. Calculation method: Primary NER = number of children of official primary school age who are enrolled in primary school / total number of children of official primary school age. Secondary net enrollment rate (NER), the share of children of official secondary school age who are enrolled in secondary school. Calculation method: Secondary NER = number of childre...