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OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría welcomed Brazil’s further engagement with the Organisation’s world-leading global education assessment programme (PISA) during a signing ceremony in Brasilia with Brazil’s Minister for Education Aloízio Mercadante.

Seven out of 10 primary school students in the Central African Republic have not returned to school since the conflict started in December 2012, according to a recent survey by UNICEF and partners.

A young boy in Central African Republic recites his lessons.

The World Bank has signed an agreement with Coursera, a leading provider of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), to help meet the demand for practical solutions-oriented learning on pressing issues in developing countries. Ending extreme poverty within a generation and boosting shared prosperity among the bottom 40 percent of the population in developing countries are the goals guiding the World Bank Group’s work.

EI has joined the international trade union movement to urge the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB), which are holding their annual meetings in Washington, USA, from 11-13 October, to reverse the harmful austerity and deregulatory policies that have contributed to a new global downturn and continued high joblessness.

Girls attend class in Za’atari, the world’s second-largest refugee camp.

Education unions in the United Kingdom have enthusiastically welcomed the recently launched Unite for Quality Education campaign. Union leaders have highlighted the timeliness of this agenda, both on a global scale and nationally in the UK.

"Quality education offers hope and the promise of a better standard of living. There is no stronger foundation for lasting peace and sustainable development than a quality education provided by well trained, valued, supported and motivated teachers," said Christine Blower, National Union of Teachers (NUT) General Secretary, and ETUCE President.

Teachers hold the keys to a better future for all. They inspire, challenge and empower innovative and responsible global citizens. They get children into school, keep them there and help them learn. Every day, they help to build the inclusive knowledge societies we need for tomorrow and the century ahead. On this World Teachers’ Day, we join forces to thank teachers and to call for more, better trained and supported teachers.