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Latin America unites for quality education

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From L to R: Hugo Yaski, General Secretary of the Argentine Workers' Centre; chilean President Michelle Bachelet; and Fred van Leeuwen, Education International General Secretary

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President of the World Bank Group: Peru Is Committed to Quality Education

In Peru, Jim Yong Kim highlights initiatives aimed at improving educational quality as a way to combat extreme poverty and promote shared prosperity

The President of the World Bank Group (WBG), Jim Yong Kim, highlighted Peru’s efforts in delivering quality education to poor and vulnerable students, and called for further progress as a way to eradicate extreme poverty and promote shared prosperity among more Peruvians. President Kim travelled to Peru as part of the Road to Lima, a knowledge exchange initiative that highlights development milestones in advance of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund Annual Meetings that will take place in Lima next October.

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Nepal Earthquake: Education for nearly 1 million children in jeopardy - UNICEF

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Shree Kalika secondary school in Gerkhutar in Nuwakot district.

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EI: Education is not a commodity

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Ms Shufiya Akter taking a class at " Unique Child Learning Center:"

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UNESCO reminds us that education is a human right and a public good

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School children in Florida (Valle), in Colombia.

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Kosovo: union’s collective bargaining efforts backed by European-wide support (

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Pristina National Library

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Sweden should urgently reform its school system to improve quality and equity

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Early Reading for Children in Lao PDR Receives Boost from World Bank

Primary schools in Lao PDR will receive new funding to support a new method for teaching reading for Laotian children, the World Bank announced on May 4. The use of Early Grade Reading Assessments (EGRA), a globally tested approach for teaching children how to read in early grades, is expected to improve the quality of pre-primary and primary education.

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Final push toward new UN sustainability goals begins in Paris

As the UN Secretary General’s Global Education First Initiative nears completion of its mandate, the final push toward the post-2015 goals begins and all eyes turn toward the next steps of the global agenda.

When UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon convened his Global Education First Initiative (GEFI) High Level Steering Committee, this week at UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris, it marked the beginning of the final stretch of its mandate. On schedule to run its course by September 2016, the five year advocacy project was launched by Mr. Ban Ki-moon to help put education high on the global development and political agenda and set the course toward the post-2015 education sustainability goal.

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Europe: Strong school leadership essential for quality education

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