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South Africa will host an education summit among political leaders and sports personalities attending the World Cup, hours before kick-off for the final, officials said on Wednesday.South African President Jacob Zuma has said he would like to see the same concentration of effort his country used to prepare itself for hosting the World Cup be poured into education in the state where millions of students attend schools that do not have regular electricity or running water."The aim of this two hour summit is to use the World Cup event to promote the importance of education for development," Zuma's office said in a statement.The "1Goal Education Summit" is designed to bring together heads of state from Africa, U.N. officials, soccer stars and political leaders who will be in South Africa for the championship match on Sunday.Critics have said the billions of dollars South Africa spent to host the World Cup and build modern stadiums would have been better spent on textbooks, internet access and schools for an education system desperately in need of resources.(Reporting by Jon Herskovitz; Editing by Ossian Shine)(For more news on Reuters India, click http://in.reuters.com)
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