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Child labour report sets out agenda for change

UN Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown has released a study entitled ‘Child Labour & Educational Disadvantage – Breaking the Link, Building Opportunity’. This report identifies strategies for accelerated progress towards the 2015 international development goals, maps the scale of the child labour problem, explores its impact on education, and sets an agenda for reform.

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Gap between rich and poorest widest since the nineties

The gap between rich and poor is at its highest since the 1990s and is growing – with children hit hardest, according to a new report, Born Equal

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UNICEF scales up response in Central African Republic to conflict-affected children

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Children displaced by violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) attend an open-air class at a camp.

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It’s official: Learning improves career prospects

New report finds that a third of men and nearly a third of women who participated in further education got a better job as a result.

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U.S. Department of Education Clarifies Schools' Obligation to Provide Equal Opportunity to Students with Disabilities to Participate in Extracurricular Athletics

U.S. Department's Office for Civil Rights issued guidance clarifying school districts' existing legal obligations to provide equal access to extracurricular athletic activities to students with disabilities. In addition to explaining those legal obligations, the guidance urges school districts to work with community organizations to increase athletic opportunities for students with disabilities, such as opportunities outside of the existing extracurricular athletic program.

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Fifteen years of struggle against child labour

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Namibia: educators demand salary increase

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UNICEF seeks nearly $1.4 billion to assist children in crisis in 2013

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A girl carrying jerrycans of water, walks past a pile of debris on a street in Aleppo, Syria.

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World Bank Supports Moldova Education Sector Reform

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a US$40 million credit to the Republic of Moldova for the Education Reform Project. The new project will support the Government of Moldova in implementing reforms that will strengthen the quality of education and lead to a more efficient education sector.

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Peru/WB: 5.7 Million Students to Benefit from Improvements in Basic Education

40 Thousand Public School Principals to Go Through Transparent Selection Processes and to Receive Training before Taking Office

Some 5.7 million students will benefit from quality public education and more transparent school-principal selection processes in 40,000 Peruvian schools.