Since the Fourth Progress Report on the Millennium Development Goals published by the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) in September 2010, only MDG 3 on promoting gender equality and empowering women declined from high probability of achieving the target to medium probability while the rest of the MDGs remained the same.MDG 3 indicators on the ratio of girls to boys in all levels of education, targets a ratio of 1.0 in 2015, however, the ratio of girls to boys in secondary education remained the same from 1996 to 2010 with a constant ratio of 1.1; while there is a slight decrease in the ratio of girls to boys in tertiary education from 1.3 in 1993 to 1.2 in 2010. Two of the eight MDGs remained low in terms of their probabilities in achieving the targets: MDG 2 on achieving universal primary education and MDG 5 on improving maternal health. Two of the eight MDGs have medium probabilities of achieving targets: MDG 1 on eradicating extreme poverty and hunger and MDG 3 on promoting gender equality and empowering women. The remaining four MDGs: MDG 4 on reducing child mortality, MDG 6 on combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases, MDG 7 on ensuring environmental sustainability, and MDG 8 on developing a global partnership for development - continue to have high probabilities of achieving respective targets by 2015.
