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Major new philanthropic commitments back education amid global conflict and pressure on aid systems
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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
Five things you need to know this week about global education
Our roundup includes a breakthrough for pre-primary education, a warning that 12 million children will never start school and a move to end child marriage in Indonesia.
REACT to the rescue for refugee and crisis-hit children deprived of education
An innovative platform matches the skills and resources of businesses to the needs of young people caught up in humanitarian crises.
#WriteTheWrong breakthrough as UNICEF commits to pre-primary education spending
sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ has welcomed action by global organisations - including a pledge by the UN children's agency to put 10% of its education budget to early learning.
Five things you need to know this week about global education
Our roundup features a haunting display of school backpacks to mark child deaths - and action to deliver education after schools were destroyed by the Bahamas hurricane.
“Being a Global Youth Ambassador has helped me to impact girls in Uganda”
Sarah Natumanya looks back at her five years of advocating for better education in her home country and beyond.
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Five things you need to know this week about global education
Our roundup includes 1.4 million children helped by the global education emergencies fund - and schools wrecked by Hurricane Dorian and bombing in Syria.
“I have used my voice for the voiceless and gained a family in 90 countries”
Musa Olatunji, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s Outstanding Global Youth Ambassador of 2018, has a farewell message after serving as an advocate for education.
Expert Voices
As children go back to school, we need to #WriteTheWrong for millions still shut out of education
Check out our heartwarming picture gallery of students who are happy to be in class - many of them have overcome the odds to be in school.
Five things you need to know this week about global education
Our roundup includes a UK funding boost for children in crises, the latest numbers of refugee children out of school and G7 leaders backing girls' education.
UK funding to help 600,000 children go to school in crisis countries
The biggest contribution yet to Education Cannot Wait means the global fund for education in emergencies will make girls who are being left behind a priority.