Ex-Australian PM Julia Gillard urges action on lack of schooling for 121m children worldwide
Ex-Australian PM says schooling – especially for girls – imperative in creating educated parents to help prevent infant mortality and...
What is the millennium development goal on education all about?
The second of the eight development goals launched at the turn of the century called for every child in the world to receive a full...
Uganda’s success in universal primary education falling apart
The Universal Primary Education (UPE) scheme, started in 1997, is part of a national policy to provide free primary education for...
One in five adolescents not in school as ‘education for all’ promise is broken
Around 63 million adolescents have been denied their right to education, making them twice as likely to be out of school than primary...
Malawi: 50 years after independence education remains a big challenge
Malawi remains one of the least developed nations in the world. As many studies and research papers over the years have pointed out,...
‘Send our friends to school,’ Belle Vue Boys tell world leaders
A group of year 7 students from Bradford are reminding world leaders that all children should get the chance to go to school. They have...
World has zero chance of hitting education targets, warns UN
An estimated 58 million children worldwide are not going to school, meaning that there is “no chance whatsoever” that the millennium...
The 70-year wait for primary school
It will be more than 70 years before all children have access to primary school, says a report from the United Nations Educational,...
