71,000 out-of-school adolescents entered accelerated learning pathways.

What it does not prove: 71,000 adolescents set against 25.1m out-of-school children is under three in every thousand: the figure establishes that accelerated pathways work, not that they operate at the scale of the deficit. "Entered" also counts enrolment at the front door, not completion of the pathway or transition back into formal schooling or work.

Memory hook: 71,000 re-entered → proof of concept against 25.1m still outside

Rebuts the claim: "Out-of-school children will be absorbed once enough schools are built" — adolescents who have already aged past their grade need accelerated second-chance routes, which new classrooms alone do not provide.