Zuma, FIFA chief on educational legacy of World Cup

(6 Jun 2010) SHOTLIST
1. Wide of news conference with South African president Jacob Zuma and FIFA President Sepp Blatter
2. Cutaway of news crews gathering around World Cup trophy in front of podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa:
"This project will enable 72 milliion African children who do not attend primary school currently, to do so. It will be one of the most lasting legacies of the 2010 World Cup"
4. Cutaway of President Zuma and Dr Blatter
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Sepp Blatter, FIFA President:
"So take the tool of football and then bring something around - and what do we need for the youth not only in this country and not only in Africa for the youth of the world who they are not living everybody in a paradise, what do we need? Education, schooling, schooling - put them at school."
6. Wide of news conference
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Sepp Blatter, FIFA President:
"It's more than a trophy - this is emotion pure. And next time when we will be together and have this trophy in hand then it's to give it to the winner on the 11th of July and you (he means President Zuma) have said this trophy shall remain in Africa - (laughter) so let's hope."
8. President Zuma and Dr Blatter leaving news conference surrounded by media
STORYLINE
Football's governing body FIFA and World Cup hosts South Africa say they're united in a common goal - ensuring 72 (m) million children are guaranteed primary school education by 2014.
President Jacob Zuma of South Africa and Dr Sepp Blatter of FIFA pledged to make education the lasting legacy to the 2010 tournament, as the final countdown began to the first football World Cup to be staged on African soil.
The so-called 1GOAL campaign is an international one, aimed at uniting governments and soccer to improve literacy and numeracy standards world-wide.
It will be championed at an education summit in Cape Town in the last week of the World Cup when a roadmap will be drawn up to achieve education for all primary school children by the time the next tournament begins in Brazil in four years time.
The World Cup trophy - the dream of every child to hold, whether or not they have ever seen the inside of a classroom - was also formally given back into FIFA's care at the Pretoria news conference.
The next time it will be handed over will be to the new World Cup winners on July 11 at the end of the final in Johannesburg.

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