1.Without urgent and sustained action, the situation will deteriorate in the face of rising demand for education.
in the face of面对
They have maintained their optimism in the face of desolating subjugation.
面对遭征服的悲惨命运,他们保持了乐观的态度 。
2.The UN agency UNESCO made a promise in 2015 that every child in the world is to receive a primary and secondary education within the next 14 years.
make a promise允诺
If you make a promise, you should keep it.
如果做出了承诺,就应该遵守 。