Education

World poverty could be cut in half if all adults completed secondary education

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Improve early education and care to help more children get ahead and boost social mobility

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Study opens new pathways for the future of education unions

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A new report by Education International looks at the empowerment and development of the teaching profession through best-...

Falling aid for education putting global goals at risk, warns UN agency

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Children at Bahadoub 2 school in Timbuktu, Mali.

Monitoring and Incentives Key to Improve Health and Education Service Delivery in Jordan

Jordan can improve the quality of health and education services by using incentives and increasing monitoring to strengthen accountability, according to a new World Bank report entitled “The Last Mile to Quality Service Delivery in Jordan.”

Many teenagers struggle to understand money matters

Around one in four students in the 15 countries and economies* that took part in the latest OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) test of financial literacy are unable to make even simple decisions on everyday spending, while only...

Higher Education Expanding in Latin America and the Caribbean, but Falling Short of Potential

The number of students in higher education programs has nearly doubled in the past decade across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). But with only half of them graduating on time, there’s still a lot to do in terms of efficiency and quality,...

SESAME facility slated to boost science and cooperation in the Middle East

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