Education Financing
UN chief urges global support for plan to unlock biggest expansion of educational opportunity in history (UN News Centre)
For too long, quality education has been accessible to the privileged few, but as people become more interdependent, quality education and lifelong learning must be available to all, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today.
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...
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.
I 2030 kan over 800 millioner barn stå uten grunnleggende ferdigheter for å greie seg i videre utdanning og arbeid.
Sommeren 2015 tok statsminister Erna Solberg, sammen med presidentene i Malawi, Indonesia og Chile og generaldirektøren i Unesco, initiativ til å få nedsatt en utdanningskommisjon under ledelse av FNs spesialutsending for utdanning, Gordon Brown. Søndag 18. september,...
From a lost generation to a learning generation, by Amel Karboul (All Africa)
Writing in AllAfrica, Commissioner Amel Karboul articulates a vision to move from a lost generation to a learning generation by expanding educational opportunity.
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.”
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.
Oslo press briefing with Prime Minister Erna Solberg and Education Commission Chair Gordon Brown
At the July Education Commission meeting in Oslo, Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg and Commission Chair Gordon Brown held a press briefing to discuss the Commission’s work and how education gives citizens the “qualifications to participate and be included in their society.”
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.