Inclusion
Syria: UN education envoy urges International Criminal Court probe into Idlib school attack (UN)
The United Nations envoy for education today called for an immediate investigation by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) into what he called a war crime in Syria – the latest attacks on a school compound in the western province of Idlib that left...
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...
Measuring the quality of girls’ education across the developing world
One-on-one literacy tests with adult women show that multiple years of schooling have left millions illiterate, and trends aren’t improving very fast Justin Sandefur, senior fellow at the Center for Global Development Slogans like “Learning for all”...
Linking education financing to the marginalised children: Kailash Satyarthi at the UN headquarters
At the launch of the Education Commission report, United Nations’ Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recalled Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi’s maxim, “Freedom and learning are the birth right of every child. They are non-negotiable.” Mr Satyarthi along with an...
Watch Shakira’s powerful message about the importance of education (Popsugar)
From the article: Shakira teamed up with The Education Commission for its #LearningGeneration movement. The Colombian-born “La Bicicleta” singer, who is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, is showing how passionate she is about the role education plays in a...
Jokowi pushes for aggressive education inclusion (Jakarta Informer)
The Education Commission (or the International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity) has submitted its first budget proposal to jump-start the push on global education equity for 2030. The latest report from the International Commission on Financing...
Smart education investments can solve the global learning crisis by Amel Karboul – Medium
Across the world, more than 260 million children are currently not in school. And for those who are lucky enough to go to school, the unfortunate reality is that many of them are not actually learning. Instead, they end up receiving an education that doesn’t prepare them with the skills they need to succeed in life.
Unos 263 millones de niños y jóvenes no van al colegio y 25 millones nunca fueron a clase – Europa Press
Unos 263 millones de niños y jóvenes no van al colegio y 25 millones nunca fueron a clase.
