The World Bank Supports abolition of fees and levies in basic education, a focus on Learning and Teacher Training reforms in The Gambia
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved support to The Gambia to increase access to basic education, improve the quality of teaching and learning for primary school students, and support critical behavior changes to reinforce...
World Bank to Continue Support to Nigeria for Secondary Education, Building on Solid Results in Lagos State
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved financing for Nigeria to further support secondary education programs in Lagos State. This will allow strong results to be sustained and evaluated in hundreds of secondary schools, and...
Education Quality Key to Bangladesh’s Goal to Become Middle Income Country
Bangladesh needs to focus on high-quality learning, and strong foundational cognitive and behavioral skills from early childhood, says a new World Bank report “Seeding Fertile Ground: Education That Works for Bangladesh”.
Nurse staffing and education linked to reduced patient mortality
Hospitals in Europe where nursing staff care for fewer patients and have a higher proportion of bachelor’s degree-trained nurses had significantly fewer surgical patients die while hospitalized according to a new study. These findings underscore the...
Spain: EI members committed to sexual and gender diversity
EI welcomes the collaboration agreement to work towards eradicating discrimination against LGBT people in learning and teaching environments signed by member organisations in Spain - FECCOO, STES, FETE-UGT - and the State Federation of Lesbians, Gays...
Nigeria: Boys targeted and killed in terrorist attack on state school
Education International (EI) condemns the reported killing of between 29 and 59 school boys at their boarding school in Northern Nigeria in the early hours of 25 February. It is claimed that the boys were shot or burnt to death by the terrorist group...
Attacking Education a War Tactic Globally, Study Shows
Students stand in the doorway of a classroom at Maiduguri Experimental School, a school attacked by...
World Bank to Support 4.5 Million Bangladeshi Poor Students to Continue Secondary Level Education
The government of Bangladesh signed a $265 million additional financing agreement with the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank’s concessional arm, for the ongoing Secondary Education Quality and Access Enhancement Project. The...
