Domestic Financing
The Moral Imperative of Quality Education (Project Syndicate)
From the article: Poor countries like Malawi are doing what they can to improve educational quality and access. But there is only so much that a country with modest means can achieve, which is why global leaders, when they meet in Senegal early next year, must...
Ideas Worth Sharing: Commissioner Amel Karboul at TED
In September 2017, Commissioner Amel Karboul presented at the TED@BCG event in Milan, and we’re thrilled that her talk is now featured on TED.com. In her talk, Dr. Karboul describes a dire education crisis: Today, more than a quarter of a billion children are out of...
Outliers prove the Learning Generation is within reach
Last year, the Education Commission made an incredible discovery. While countries across the globe, as a whole, were headed down a concerning path – one where in 2030 more than half of young people worldwide will not have the skills needed for a job – others were...
If we want results, let’s focus on delivery
October, 23 2017 What is the delivery approach? Where does the term come from? The delivery approach is a methodology that supports problem-solving and systematic implementation of projects. The focus is on delivery and getting things done rather than just planning...
Ensuring quality education for all: progressive universalism
In its Learning Generation report, the Education Commission says that successful education systems must reach everyone, including the most disadvantaged and marginalized children. We will not close the learning gap unless leaders take additional steps to include and...
Africa: from the Nairobi workshop, a newfound value for ‘ruthless prioritization’
The Ghanaian delegation at the Learning Generation Lab Workshop in Nairobi, from L to R: Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, Special Assistant to the Minister of Education; Veronica Dzeagu, National Coordinator of Ghana National Education Campaign; Ernest Otoo, Head of...
Pakistan’s education financing—a glass half empty? (Geo.tv)
From the article: On March 28, 2014, the Prime Minister of Pakistan Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif publicly announced his commitment to raise the education budget to 4% of the GDP by 2018. His commitment was later reinforced when he endorsed the proposals of Gordon Brown,...
Time for G20 leaders to back education
Last week, I presented Christos Stylianides, EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, with a letter signed by NGOs from around the world calling on global leaders to back an innovate finance facility for education capable of ensuring Sustainable...