No child in Africa, and in fact anywhere in the world, should be denied education.

Teachers need our active support and encouragement. They are doing one of the most necessary and exacting jobs in the land. They are developing our most precious national resource: our children, our future citizens.

In my travels all over the world, I have come to realize that what distinguishes one child from another is not ability, but access. Access to education, access to opportunity, access to love.

Educating all of our children must be one of our most urgent priorities. We all know that education, more than anything else, improves our chances ofbuilding better lives.

It is not beyond our power to create a world in which all children have access to a good education. Those who do not believe this have small imaginations.

The most important thing about education is appetite.