Author: educommission
Two Smart Ideas to Achieve a ‘Learning Generation’ (Center for Global Development)
While working to establish the EFA Fast Track Initiative 15 years ago, one of us (Barbara Bruns) remembers asserting that MDG 2—achieving universal primary completion—was implicitly about education quality, and not just access. Countries might be able to achieve...December 16, 2016 | End the war on children, says Brown, as he calls for 2017 children’s new deal
*END THE WAR ON CHILDREN, SAYS BROWN, AS HE CALLS FOR 2017 CHILDREN’S NEW DEAL: GUARANTEED SAFE SCHOOLS, A NEW INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT FOR ATROCITIES AGAINST CHILDREN AND EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS PROSECUTION OF SCHOOL BOMBINGS *THERE MUST BE NO HIDING PLACE...
Kailash Satyarthi writes for Firstpost: From India a strong voice for children will rise
On 10-11 December 2016, a new page in the history of child rights is set to unfold. Two powerful constituencies — Nobel Laureates and world leaders — will unite in India for the well-being of children. Why laureates and leaders for children? Because, while these...
Learning Generation delegation visits Prime Minister of Ethiopia
Following initial visits to Uganda and Malawi, a Commission delegation led by His Excellency Jakaya Kiwkete, the former President of Tanzania, met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Rt. Honourable Hailemariam Desalegn in Addis Ababa this week to present the Commission’s...
Nobel laureates, leaders gather to push child slavery onto the global agenda (Daily Mail)
By Nita Bhalla From the article: Experts say education is key to ending child labor and slavery, but budgets for education across most of the world are too meager to keep children in school, especially when poverty prevails and families need to send their children to...
Partnerships paramount for ensuring finances for inclusive education for children with disabilities
Right to education for tens of millions of children denied Children with disabilities are, more often than not, excluded from society, forgotten by governments and international aid programs, and – for a long time – denied their right to an education. Their “disabled...
Who learns and who does not? Examining choices for including the excluded
The discussions in Pakistan around who is in and who is out – who learns and who does not – are getting louder. And so they should, as we now have a mounting burden of unmet milestones that are piling high. Almost six years have passed since education was declared a...
On Universal Children’s Day, global leaders must secure the future for more than 800 million at-risk youth
The International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity (the Education Commission) – a group of composed of heads of government, business and education leaders – has called for the international community to make the largest investment in educational...