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The World Bank Board of Executive Directors, on September 13, approved a USD 33.4 million loan to help advance the social protection and early childhood education and care (ECEC) systems in FYR Macedonia. The Social Services Improvement Project will help address the challenges that are particularly associated with social exclusion of vulnerable groups and the low quality and fragmentation of ECEC and social services.

Social background remains the main factor impacting participation in education and learning, and on economic and social outcomes, according to a new OECD report.

A year after Hurricane Irma’s powerful winds and flood-inducing rains brought mass destruction across Florida, Save the Children remains on-the-ground in the Sunshine State, committed to restoring early learning programs and helping children heal emotionally from the distress of the catastrophic storm.

UNESCO will award its Literacy Prizes on 7 September on the eve of International Literacy Day, celebrated every year on 8 September. The theme chosen for 2018 focuses on literacy and skills development.

Burundi refugee children at Furaha Primary School in Nduta Refugee Camp in western Tanzania, study in a makeshift classroom under the trees.

Burundi refugee children at Furaha Primary School in Nduta Refugee Camp in western Tanzania, study in a makeshift classroom under the trees.

Children wash hands at the canteen of Secondary School No 20 in Toretsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine.

Details from 'Ark of Return,' the permanent memorial in acknowledgement of the tragedy and in consideration of the legacy of slavery and the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

The government of Bangladesh signed a $510 million financing agreement with the World Bank to enhance the quality and effectiveness of secondary education system in the country, on August 13. This will benefit 13 million students studying in Grades 6-12.

On the occasion of this week’s Global Disability Summit, and recognizing that children with disabilities continue to be among the most marginalized and excluded from education opportunities, a new Inclusive Education Initiative (IEI) was announced by the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID), the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), and the World Bank, on July 26.