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Participants of the project sponsored by the OSCE-supported grants programme, the Building Bridges Fund, Skopje, 5 June 2018.

Addressing some 60 Ministers of Education at the Ministerial Conference of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) in Paris on 23 May, UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, announced the findings saying that, “the increase is a positive sign that education is increasingly recognized by donors as a cornerstone of development. The ambitious Sustainable Development Agenda’Goal 4 (SDG 4) encompassing all levels of education cannot be achieved without increased external and domestic funding for education.”

The World Bank Board of Directors, on May 18, approved a US$100 million investment loan to support the Tunisian government's efforts to improve the quality of primary education and expand access to preschool in disadvantaged regions.

Albania has made progress in meeting targets outlined in the National Action Plan for the Integration of Roma and Egyptians for 2016-2020. The compulsory education enrolment rate of marginalized Roma children significantly increased in Albania from 2011 to 2017.

A child stands in front of his ground-flattened school after an bombardment in Ainjara village in rural Aleppo on 11 January 2016. More than 20 children died or were injured as a result of an attack in the area.

Lera Nagormay, 10, sits for in a classroom at school in Marinka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, Wednesday 22 November 2017.

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved a $100 million credit to support Sri Lanka’s efforts to strengthen and modernize its education system.

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors, on April 26, approved US$90 million in financing to support Cambodia’s efforts in improving the quality of higher education and research in the country and broadening access to higher education for disadvantaged students.

Hanaa, 8, who was paralysed by an exploding bomb and lost the use of her legs, solves a problem on a whiteboard in a classroom at a school in east Aleppo city, Syrian Arab Republic, Wednesday 28 February 2018.

The Egyptian government and the World Bank, on April 21, signed an agreement for the US$500 million Supporting Egypt Education Reform project, which aims to improve teaching and learning conditions in Egypt’s public education system.