Rwanda Learning Partnership: Insights on school and system leadership during COVID-19
During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in September 2020, the Rwanda Basic Education Board (REB) – in its efforts to improve the country’s school leaders…
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G20 education ministers urged to back quality climate education ahead of UN COP26 Conference in Glasgow
Education Ministers from across the globe are being urged to prioritize quality climate education as a major outcome at the next UN Climate Conference when they meet in Italy as part of the Group of 20 (G20) round of meetings.
Broadband Commission deliberates building an inclusive post-COVID digital future
A year into the crucial Decade of Action intended to achieve 17 key Sustainable Development Goals, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in setbacks. In response, the commissioners of the UN Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development…
Global movement calls for increased investment in education to avert catastrophe
An unprecedented global coalition of organizations called for urgent investment in education today to prevent a generational catastrophe. Launching a joint white paper at the Global Edu- cation Meeting hosted by UNESCO, the Save Our Future campaign – a movement of the biggest education…
September 30, 2019 | Breakthrough in Global Campaign to Double Education Funding for Countries Most in Need
The International Finance Facility for Education (IFFEd) launches an unprecedented international effort to mobilize $5 billion of new financing for education and accelerate progress towards SDG 4: the provision of inclusive and equitable quality education and...
April 12, 2019 | World leaders support establishment of one of the largest investments in global education
Recognizing the urgent need to tackle the learning crisis, world leaders expressed strong support for the establishment of the International Finance Facility for Education (IFFEd) at the World Bank spring meeting this year. The IFFEd proposal has the potential to be a...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)....May 11, 2018 | More than 1.5 Million Youth Call for Urgent Breakthrough in Education Funding
Youth activists deliver petition with more than 1.5 million signatures to United Nations calling for the biggest education investment in history United Nations Secretary-General, World Bank, and regional development banks advancing proposal for the International...May 7, 2018 | South Asia Leaders Meet In Nepal To Radically Improve Education In The Region
30 million children at the age of 5-14 are currently left out of school KATHMANDU, May 7, 2018 – Facing an urgent need to tackle the learning crisis across South Asia, Ministers of Education, senior officials from finance and planning, international education experts,...