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Education At-A-Glance

Education is a human right, a powerful driver of development, and one of the strongest instruments for reducing poverty and improving health, gender equality, peace, and stability. It delivers large, consistent returns in terms of income, and is the most important factor to ensure equity and inclusion. For individuals, education promotes employment, earnings, health, and poverty reduction. Globally, there is a 9% increase in hourly earnings for every extra year of schooling. EDUCATION FACTSHEET (PDF)

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Advancing Innovative Methods to Promote Learning (AIM4Learning)

Over 70 million children will benefit from an innovative new program for foundational Learning in Eastern and Southern Africa.

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Foundational Learning
Foundational learning is basic literacy, numeracy, and transferable skills, that are the building blocks for a life of learning....
Education Finance
Assisting countries to make better use of their investments in education is a key priority
Skills Development
Skills development can reduce unemployment, raise incomes, and improve standards of living.
Early Childhood Development
Smart investments in the wellbeing and development of young children are critical to put them on the path to greater prosperity....
Tertiary Education
Tertiary Education is instrumental in fostering growth, reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity.
Girls’ Education
Every day, girls face barriers to education caused by poverty, cultural norms, poor infrastructure, violence and fragility.
Education Technologies (EdTech)
The use of information and communication technologies in education can play a crucial role in providing new and innovative ...
Teachers
Teachers are the single most important school-based factor affecting how much students learn.
Inclusive Education
Meeting the needs of people with disabilities and expanding equitable opportunities is at the core of building inclusive ...
Fragility, Conflict & Violence
Ensuring a safe environment for children to learn is an urgent imperative