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Major new philanthropic commitments back education amid global conflict and pressure on aid systems
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Millions of African children missing out on crucial preschool education
To mark Day of the African Child, we look at how a lack of investment in early childhood education is affecting those who need it most.
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A Day of the African Child focus on the early learning crisis, the plight of child grooms and climate change lessons are all in our weekly news roundup.
Take our education test to find out how millions of children don’t get the chance to learn
How much do you know about the struggles children around the world face just to be able to go to school? Test your knowledge of the global education crisis with our quiz.
Five things you need to know this week about global education
A pledge to get all Kenyan girls into school, education aid for Venezuelan refugees and a school with a novel way of tackling plastic waste are in our weekly news roundup.
Brighter future for premature babies: parents praise work of the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Edinburgh Birth Cohort
Families whose children are part of the study into the effects of preterm birth were at a party to mark another year of groundbreaking research.
Five things you need to know this week about global education
Our news roundup includes pledges by 90 countries to protect children at school in conflicts, youth views on job skills and how life has changed for children since 2000.
Education under attack: 90 countries pledge to make schools safe for children
The right to learn free from fear, violence and military occupation was the focus of the third International Safe Schools Conference in Spain.
Five things you need to know this week about global education
Attacks on schools in several countries, innovative ways to teach children to read and the amazing "walking school bus" are in our weekly news roundup.
School students learn what to do when disaster strikes
Prevention and awareness training is helping children in Lebanon know how to react in the event of conflict or a natural catastrophe.
Five things you need to know this week about global education
Gang violence is keeping children out of school - but there has been a breakthrough moment for the funding of education in emergencies.