Press Releases
sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ opens 12 early learning centres in Gaza as new report reveals early childhood development crisis
Major new philanthropic commitments back education amid global conflict and pressure on aid systems
‘Lost’ Blackadder Christmas script to be auctioned for sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½
Never miss an update
21 Sep 2026
Youth champions share stories of hope in The Education Issue
Latest from sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½
Youth Champions gather early years insights for world leaders
Youth champions to tell world leaders why they must Act For Early Years
Meet the seven winners of our latest Education Innovation Awards
Nutrition and early learning are key to helping vulnerable children two years after Nepal earthquakes
The 2015 disaster damaged 14,000 early childhood development centres - here we look at a charity which is working to rebuild services for the under-fives.
Nepal continues to rebuild its schools two years after the deadly earthquakes
Almost one million children were out of school in the immediate aftermath - about 1600 schools have been repaired but thousands of students are still in temporary classrooms.Â
‘Education gave me strength’: Syrian refugee Muzoon’s message for children caught up in conflict
The teenager went to Chad to highlight the need for education during humanitarian emergencies - as new figures showed 25 million children are out of school because of conflicts in 22 countries.Â
How Tiny Totos daycares in Kenya deliver the five key areas of early childhood development
Children under five need quality nurturing care if they are to get the best start in life - we visit a social enterprise in Kenya that is showing how to provide safe and stimulating services.
African leaders back innovative funding plan to get every child in school
Fourteen African nations have welcomed the chance to be come "pioneer countries" who will boost investment in their own education system while getting help from the international community.
‘He disappeared in his school uniform’: the tragedy of India’s missing and trafficked children
Thousands of Indian children are victims of trafficking and slavery every year - many of them are unlikely to see their families again or get an education.
Global inquiry to investigate how to protect children in conflicts
The past year has seen a dramatic rise in violent acts against children - from sexual enslavement to the deliberate bombing of schools, education envoy Gordon Brown told the UN.
Bold funding plan can get every child in the world into school says UN envoy Gordon Brown
A new finance mechanism is needed to deliver education for all by 2030 - including every refugee and displaced child - the United Nations envoy said.
Traumatised and out of school, the child victims of the Battle of Mosul
sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ writer Billy Briggs has been to Iraq to witness the effect the six-month battle has had on children and the efforts to get them back into education.
World Bank can help to make early childhood care a global priority
Meetings of key decision-makers in Washington this week could be an important milestone for young children from the world's poorest and most marginalised communities.