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We must shelve our hopes for aid to education from Australia
The news that Australia’s aid budget will be cut by 10% over the next two years is worrisome for education financing. Ausaid is now closed and development has been merged into its foreign affairs and trade ministries. Combined, these two … Continue reading
Posted in Aid, Basic education, Developed countries, Developing countries, Donors, Finance, Primary school, Secondary school
Tagged finance, humanitarian aid
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How managing tax better could help fill the education finance gap
Better management of tax and prioritization of education in budgets could raise $153 billion for the sector in 2015, according to calculations in a new policy paper by the EFA Global Monitoring Report team. Our new policy paper, ‘Increasing tax … Continue reading
Posted in Developed countries, Developing countries, Economic growth, Equality, Equity, Finance, Governance, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Post-secondary education, Poverty, Uncategorized
Tagged aid, aid effectiveness, basic education, development, education, finance, primary, tax
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Syrian refugees make the best of temporary schools
Mohammed, a teacher from Syria who lives in Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, is the fourth participant in our 10-week #TeacherTuesday campaign. His daily struggle to help Syrian refugee children underlines the need to support teachers in difficult situations – … Continue reading
Posted in Aid, Arab States, Basic education, Conflict, Disaster preparedness, Donors, Early childhood care and education, Equality, Equity, Governance, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Poverty, Pre-primary education, Primary school, Quality of education, Refugees and displaced people, Teachers
Tagged #Target 4.5, #TeacherTuesday Blog Series, conflict, development, education, Education for All, finance, governance, humanitarian aid, learning, poverty, primary education, refugees
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Afghanistan: rebuilding girls’ education after decades of conflict
Nahida, a school principal in Kabul, is the third participant in our ten-week #TeacherTuesday campaign. In Afghanistan, conflict has raged for decades, cultural opposition to girls’ schooling is deep-seated, and education for girls was banned altogether under the Taliban. Nahida … Continue reading
Posted in Conflict, Gender, Out-of-school children, Teachers
Tagged #TeacherTuesday Blog Series, finance, humanitarian aid
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Let’s clarify the definition of aid to education so that it benefits the poorest
What is aid? Most people would agree with the dictionary that says aid is “material help given by one country to another” – and would expect aid to go to those most in need. But almost a fifth of what … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Aid, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, Developed countries, Developing countries, Donors, Equality, Equity, Finance, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework
Tagged aid, basic education, developing countries, donor, donors, education, Education for All, finance, financing, Global Monitoring Report, governance, post-2015, primary education
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Education is our weapon of choice
July 18 is Nelson Mandela International Day, a celebration of Mandela’s work and that of his charitable organizations. Education is a key part of this message for positive change. Going to school is about more than developing skills: it is … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Basic education, Conflict, Equality, Gender, Human rights, Out-of-school children
Tagged finance, humanitarian aid
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Children still battling to go to school
A school is supposed to be a safe place for children to learn. It is difficult to imagine that children would be forced to run away from school for fear of attack, much less callously targeted, but this is exactly … Continue reading
BRIEFLY: Gordon Brown calls for new global education fund
Former British prime minister Gordon Brown, a co-convenor of the High Level Panel on Education, released a report this week calling for the establishment of an independent global fund for education, to raise the $16 billion needed each year to … Continue reading
Posted in Aid, Basic education, Donors, Equality, Finance, Governance, Innovative financing, Out-of-school children
Tagged aid, basic education, donors, education, Education for All, equality, finance, governance, innovative finance
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Militarizing aid is dangerous for education
Français | Español By Marisol Sanjinés, senior communications adviser, Education for All Global Monitoring Report, and Yolanda Polo, GMR consultant The line between development and international security has been blurred considerably in recent years. Some donor countries, led by the … Continue reading
When aid is driven by the news cycle
School children in Florida Valle, Colombia. Although Colombia has the world’s second-largest population of internally displaced people, they seldom make the news. (Photo: ©UNESCO/Ministerio de Educación, Colombia) Français | Español At the EFA Global Monitoring Report we welcomed the release … Continue reading
Posted in Aid, Basic education, Conflict, Refugees and displaced people
Tagged finance, humanitarian aid
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