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The World Bank Group and the Islamic Development Bank announced an agreement to coordinate efforts on education as one of the most powerful instruments for reducing poverty and inequality and for laying the foundation for sustained economic growth. The initiative is aimed at developing joint strategies for improving education and training systems in member countries of both organizations, with a primary focus on the Middle East and North Africa region.

The Government of Myanmar, signed a new agreement with the World Bank Group and the Government of Australia aimed at helping millions of Myanmar students benefit from quality education.

Displaced Iraqi teachers, their families, and students were the beneficiaries of a grant of US$10,000 from Education International’s (EI) Solidarity Fund. The Kurdistan Teachers’ Union (KTU), EI’s affiliate in Iraq, purchased and distributed students’ school kits and food rations for those in need in the Erbil, Sulaimaniya, and Dhahok districts in Kurdistan.

Kisojo Model Primary School in Kyenjojo District in Uganda.

Black women are more likely than white women to express interest in majoring in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) fields when they enter college, but they are actually less likely to earn degrees in these fields, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.