Editing Millennium Development Goals (section)

===Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education===
* Target 2A: By 2015, all children can complete a full course of [[Primary education|Primary education/primary schooling]], girls and boys<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mdgmonitor.org/goal2.cfm |title=Goal :: Achieve Universal Primary Education |publisher=Mdg Monitor |date=15 May 2011 |access-date=18 October 2012}}</ref>
MDG 2 focused on primary education and emphasizes enrollment and completion. In some countries, primary enrollment increased at the expense of achievement levels. In some cases, the emphasis on primary education has negatively affected secondary and post-secondary education.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Waage |first=Jeff |display-authors=etal |date=18 September 2010 |title=The Millennium Development Goals: a cross-sectoral analysis and principles for goal setting after 2015 |url= |journal=The Lancet |volume=376 |issue=9745 |pages=991–1023 |doi=10.1016/s0140-6736(10)61196-8 |pmc=7159303 |pmid=20833426}}{{registration required}}</ref>