The biggest challenge facing Millennium Development Goal Two is achieving and maintaining stable enrollment rates. Millennium Development Goal number two aims to achieve universal primary education. With so many children not attending school, they have no chance of escaping a life of poverty. If more children enroll and eventually complete their education, they will know the benefits of school and encourage others to go, especially their own children. This will also give them a competitive advantage over children who do not get as much schooling. Achieving stable schooling can be as simple as free primary education. Reaching girls, abandoned children or children in rural areas would also contribute to school enrollment. Access to post-primary and secondary education must also be increased. If children were incentivized to go to school or receive free education, the world would see many more children benefit from a good education and escape a life filled with poverty. One of the toughest challenges in getting children into school is cost. Many parents who live on less than $1.25 a day cannot afford to pay for their children's schooling. Often, if they have a little extra money, they are more likely to send boys to school rather than girls. This is because women are considered housewives and this is how parents grew up, so they pass this tradition on to their children. Sometimes children are needed to work or help support the family and these families rely on their children's minimum income or they will not have enough money to feed themselves (Blaney Lecture). These are the two main problems that children face at home. It is difficult to find technically qualified teachers to teach. Educators sometimes only have the middle of paper… development. The Journal of Pan-African Studies Vol 2, No 8. Richardson, Philip. 2011. “A proposal aimed at improving access to secondary education through innovative systems of access to self-study. » Center for African Affairs and World Peace: Africa Policy Watch 7.UNESCO. 2010. “Adult and Youth Literacy: Global Gender Trends.” UNESCO Institute for Statistics.UNFPA. 2007. “MDG2: Achieving universal primary education.” United Nations Population Fund.USAID. 2008. “African Education Initiative (AEI). » United States Agency for International Development. United Nations Millennium Project. 2005. “Forging an International Compact for Education: Roles and Responsibilities of Donors and Developing Countries.” » United Nations Millennium Project. USA One. 2011. “Thematic note: Education”. United States one. http://www.one.org/c/us/issuebrief/93/(October 4, 2011).