School leadership event in Sierra Leone draws experts across Africa
Education Development Trust (EDT) co-hosted a knowledge exchange event last month, bringing together key stakeholders and policymakers from Sierra Leone’s education sector.
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Around 3 in 4 youth lack skills needed for employment, new report says
Nearly three quarters of young people aged 15 to 24 in 92 countries with available data are off-track to acquire the skills needed for employment, according to a new report published today by the Education Commission and UNICEF ahead of World Youth Skills Day.
Deputy Secretary-General echoes call to operationalize International Finance Facility for Education to drive education transformation
The UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s delivered the following remarks at the Innovative Financing for Lower-Middle-Income Countries side event at the Transforming Education Pre-Summit in Paris on June 29, 2022.
UN Special Envoy Gordon Brown’s remarks at the Transforming Education Pre-Summit
UN Special Envoy for Global Education and Education Commission Chair Gordon Brown delivered the following remarks at the Transforming Financing for Education session during the Transforming Education Pre-Summit in Paris on June 29, 2022.
A new mapping of tools to examine the education workforce
As education access has risen around the world, the quality of education has become a top priority globally. The evidence is clear that effective teachers are key for student learning.
Innovative Pedagogies Project: Encouraging inclusive, engaging, adaptative, and playful ways of teaching
In partnership with country partners in Ghana, Kenya, and Rwanda, we are excited to announce the launch of our Innovative Pedagogies Project (IPP). We are collaborating with the Institute for Educational Planning and Administration at the University of Cape Coast, Aga Khan Foundation…
Greater Share: A new fund investing in learning teams for learning transformation
The newly launched Greater Share fund is an exciting new philanthropic investment model that harnesses the expertise of the world’s top-performing private equity funds and highest impact NGOs to transform education for children in underserved communities across the world.
The World Skills Clock: A new real-time data and advocacy tool for SDG 4
At the RewirEd Summit in Dubai last December, the Education Commission, Generation Unlimited, UNICEF, and the World Data Lab launched the prototype of a powerful new data and advocacy tool…
High Touch High Tech for All: Harnessing AI and personalized learning to tackle the education crisis
At the recent Philanthropy Asia Summit spearheaded by the Temasek Foundation, the Commission’s High Touch High Tech for All (HTHT) initiative was showcased as a key call to action to harness AI…
DeliverEd policy brief: Delivery Approaches in Crisis or Conflict Situations
Natural disasters, violent conflicts, epidemics, and pandemics all have the potential to disrupt and permanently damage the course of human development – including education.