Author: The Education Commission
September 26, 2018 | World Leaders Support Biggest Single Investment in Education History
NEW YORK, September 26, 2018 – On Monday, as the United Nations General Assembly started, world leaders pledged strong support for the establishment of the single largest investment in education history – the International Finance Facility for Education (IFFEd)....
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...
73rd UNGA: Malawi president Mutharika asks UN members to invest in education (The Maravi Post Malawi)
Children and teacher raise their hands. Malawi Primary School Malawi, February 2013, Credit: GPE/Tara O’Connell From the article: Malawi president Peter Mutharika on Monday called on United Nations members to invest in the trinity of education thus knowledge,...
PM Hasina suggests innovative financing mechanism to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 4 (BDnews24 Bangladesh)
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has suggested devising innovative financing mechanism to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 4 that has 10 targets encompassing many different aspects of education. From the article: “It is evident that the financing in education...
Make Impossible Possible: Unlocking Human Potential Through Education
At the United Nations General Assembly this year, world leaders pledged strong support for the establishment of the single largest investment in education history – the International Finance Facility for Education (IFFEd). During our #MakeImpossiblePossible event,...
Investing in Knowledge Sharing to Advance SDG 4
Coauthored by the Center for Global Education at Asia Society, Results for Development, Teach For All, The Boston Consulting Group, and World Innovation Summit for Education “A new paradigm in global development is needed to sustain the progress of the last...
How Investors Can Help Ensure Every Child is in School (Financial Times)
Photo: Carolina Valenzuela/GPE From the article: “When world leaders gather in New York for the United Nations General Assembly next week, the contrast between the rhetoric of co-operation and the reality of division will be stark. While the 2018 General...