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Innovating to learn
We are in the midst of a global learning crisis. This is the clear message from recent major reports: According to the World Bank’s 2018 World Development Report on learning, “hundreds of millions of children reach young adulthood without even the most...
Support for the new International Finance Facility for Education featured in latest G20 review of global institutions
Led by the Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore Tharman Shanmugaratnam, the G20 Eminent Persons Group on Global Financial Governance has just published a comprehensive review of the global financial governance and new ways to deliver on the world’s important...
Funding Africa’s Education Revolution (Project Syndicate)
In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images From the article: If Africa’s children are educated and equipped with the skills to succeed in the twenty-first-century economy, the entire continent will prosper. But if they are denied a quality education,...
Africa’s future depends on improving education (Project Syndicate)
Luis Tato /AFP/Getty Images From the article: Global leaders and tech luminaries are optimistic that Africa’s youngest innovators can build the continent’s future prosperity. But much work remains to be done to ensure that the African workforce of tomorrow...
Education’s moonshot moment (Project Syndicate)
Mohammed Hamoud/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images From the article: Great feats of human ingenuity and social progress do not happen through half-measures. If the international community is going to meet its commitment to provide a quality education to all children, no...
Pakistan calls for increased funding globally for education: Education Minister at UN summit (The News Pakistan)
From the article: Minister for Education Shafqat Mehmood stressed on the significance of education in ensuring a more stable future for the countries, during his UN address on Monday. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader addressing an international conference planned...The next generation: lost or learning?Every. Single. Child.Join us at LearningGeneration.org.
Posted by The Education Commission on Tuesday, September 12, 2017
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