Domestic Financing
Shakira and Other VIPs: Education Is “the Best Investment the World Can Make” (Bloomberg)
“A quarter of a billion children and young people are out of school. Another 330 million are not learning because we fail to invest in them even when they are in school.”
We can educate all the world’s children – If we choose to by Alice Albright – The Huffington Post
The Commission offers sobering diagnosis and bold, concrete recommendations about how global education financing should and can be increased and deployed. This report should be treated as a once-in-a-generation roadmap to set global education on the right path.
Global education is civil rights struggle of our age, says Gordon Brown – The Guardian
In his role as UN envoy, former PM says £23bn needed to ensure every child gets primary and secondary education
Overcoming the challenges to improving education in Pakistan
Using their home country as an education financing case study, the Pakistan Coalition for Education concludes that “when it comes to improving the quality of education in developing countries, political will is the most important factor.”
Advancing quality education in Nigeria: a consultation hosted by Aid for Rural Education Access Initiative
As part of the conclusion of Aid for Rural Education Access Initiative’s (AREAi) consultation, participants stressed that “government agencies must be created to monitor the distribution, allocation and utilization of funding” for education.
Achieving quality and inclusive education in Africa: youth perspectives from Cameroon
For their Education Commission consultation, Local Youth Corner Cameroon brought together more than 100 students and civil society leaders representing over 20 sub-Saharan African countries.
Five questions and answers from the Education Commission consultation at the UNESCO Asia-Pacific expert meeting on school finance
Bringing together 47 attendees from 12 countries, the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Expert Meeting on School Finance explored the Education Commission’s consultation questions ranging from education financing to technology in the classroom.
How to transform an education system, by Jakaya Kikwete
Drawing upon the Tanzanian experience, Commissioner Jakaya Kikwete, the former President of Tanzania, makes the case for expanding government investment and international support “to fulfill the promise of universal primary and secondary education.”
Oslo Education Week: Leaving no one behind in education
Olav Hereid Seim, the Education Policy Director in the Global Initiatives Section at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reflects on the 2016 Oslo Education Week, recommendations for the Education Commission and the need to leave no one behind in education.