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The interplay between crisis and private profit in the education sector is highlighted in a new study that focuses on the refugee crisis in Syria and the access to education of almost one million displaced children.

The proposals were outlined by Education Secretary, Justine Greening, at the end of March and the consultation process is now getting underway.

On 5 April, international experts in education, teachers and policy makers gathered to discuss how education quality can be increased through improved curricula, contemporary and future focused skills, and breadth of learning.

From 4-6 April in Brussels, Belgium, Education International (EI) Executive Board (ExBo) members will monitor the implementation of resolutions and policy papers adopted at the 7th EI World Congress held in July 2015 in Ottawa, Canada.

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on March 31, 2017 approved a $120 million loan to help improve the quality and relevance of vocational schools and strengthen their partnership with industry in China’s Gansu province.

The World Bank has approved a US$ 185 million credit in support of Nepal’s efforts at improving equity, quality, efficiency, governance and management of basic and secondary education. The credit will finance a slice of the Government of Nepal’s expenditures in implementing its seven-year School Sector Development Plan. Every year, the program will benefit over 7 million students and over 180,000 teachers and Early Childhood Education and Development facilitators in over 30,000 community schools and centers across the country.

Ukraine has taken ambitious steps to tackle bribery and corruption across government, including public procurement and, law enforcement. It should now step up its efforts to tackle integrity risks and violations in education, such as unmerited grades, misappropriated school funds, and preferential access to schools and study programmes -- according to a new OECD report.