Tanzania: New Service Delivery Data Show Some Progress
Tanzania has made significant progress in delivering education and health services, particularly in the areas of rural health infrastructure and teacher attendance, according to the latest Service Delivery Indicators (SDI) published on 27 May. However...
Teachers’ role in securing refugee children’s rights cannot be underestimated
In large parts of Syria and Yemen schools are closed and teachers have become beggars in the street. Lebanon and Jordan are struggling to give shelter to hundreds of thousands of refugees. These and other challenges facing their countries were...
Mexico: indigenous teachers call for inclusive quality education
UK university lecturers stage walkout in fight for equal gender pay and fair contracts

Members of the University and College Union strike for equal gender pay and fair contracts
Further reforms would boost equity and quality in Dutch education, says OECD
The Dutch school system is one of the best in the OECD, but raising standards will require further reforms to improve early childhood education and care, minimize the risks of early tracking, and develop teacher professionalism throughout the...
Portugal: educators look to tech to innovate the classroom experience

From the left to the right: Filinto Lima (Andaep), João Dias...
New fund launches to address global education crisis
Global and national organisations launch a new fund to better coordinate support for, and drive investment in, education for children and youth affected by humanitarian emergencies and protracted crises, on 23 May.
World Humanitarian Summit to tackle urgent issues in refugee crisis
At the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit being held in Istanbul, education stakeholders are calling on policy leaders to ensure access to education for all displaced children.