Early Childhood Development
Early years champion Shakira tells world leaders: ‘Today’s babies will drive tomorrow’s business’ (TheirWorld)
Pop star Shakira has made an impassioned plea to world leaders to look after the development of our youngest children. “Today’s babies will drive tomorrow’s business,” she said at the opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum in Davos. “Children’s capacity to...
Loosening the purse strings: financing the education of children with disabilities in India
Nidhi Singal and Anuradha De The #CostingEquity Report launched on 17th October at the UN General Assembly clearly states that at a time when global education funding is in decline, such cuts have a disproportionate impact on children with disabilities. The impact of...
Gordon Brown makes £23 billion plea as HALF of world’s children will have no schooling by 2030 – Mirror
Half the world’s children will have little or no schooling by 2030, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has warned. Denying youngsters a decent education risked seeing them forced into child labour, left trapped in poverty or even lured into extremism, he said. Mr...
UNICEF calls for an increase in education spending as new report reveals global crisis in learning
More than two-thirds of schoolchildren in low-income countries will not learn basic primary level skills in 2030 despite an ambitious goal to get every child in school and learning.
The Education Roadmap to 2030, by Helle Thorning-Schmidt (Project Syndicate)
With less than one month until the Education Commission’s report launch, Save the Children Chief Executive and Commissioner Helle Thorning-Schmidt explains why equitable financing and strengthening domestic education systems are the keys to fulfilling the fourth Sustainable Development Goal.
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.
Education Commission Oslo meeting: global crafting for a learning generation, by Baela Raza Jamil
Reflecting on the outcomes of the Oslo Commission meeting, Commissioner Baela Raza Jamil discusses securing the promise of universal education and how the Education Commission hopes to rise to that challenge.
The great magic of learning, by Julia Gillard
Commissioner and Global Partnership for Education Chair Julia Gillard on the need to secure a quality education for all