Momentum grows for new Treaty on Right to Education
5/9/2025: The existing Convention on the Rights of the Child guarantees free primary education but stops short of requiring governments to deliver free secondary or early childhood education. A recent gathering of 92 countries has launched an intensive round of consultations to address these gaps.
Source: Human Rights Watch
The funding crisis can be an opportunity for global education
29/8/2025: Global aid for education is expected to fall by one-quarter by 2027, at a time when over 250 million children are out of school. This could be an opportunity for governments of low income countries to prioritize education as a core investment, and allocate adequate resources.
Source: Devex
As education funding crumbles, the sector must adapt
5/6/2025: Since the Trump administration’s January dismantling of USAID, the world’s largest bilateral donor to the education sector, delivery partners have had to cancel 396 education programs in 58 countries. The sector must now seek innovative financing mechanisms to survive.
Source: Devex
Global education must integrate AI, centred on humanity
24/1/2025: 251 million children and youth worldwide remain out of school due to a variety of factors. The UN Secretary-General has reminded governments that access to high-quality education is a human right and also highlighted the dual nature of technological advances such as Artificial Intelligence, which offer immense potential for schools – but also pose considerable risks.
Source: UN News
A new chance to expand children’s access to education
23/1/2025: Virtually all of the world’s children enjoy free primary education, and nearly 90 percent of children globally complete primary school. But it’s a different story at the pre-primary and secondary level, where cost often remains a significant barrier to schooling.. Existing international law only guarantees free education for all children at the primary level.
Source: Inter Press Service
UN calls for teachers to be prioritized to transform education
27/2/2024: A panel set up following the 2022 UN Transforming Education Summit has made recommendations for governments to invest in education and offer teachers competitive salaries. New data estimates that countries must recruit an additional 44 million primary and secondary school educators by 2030, including 15 million in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Source: Devex
To work toward world peace, invest in education
1/2/2024: The chief executive officer of the Global Partnership for Education highlights recent research that shows how countries with higher primary and secondary school completion rates are in general more peaceful. There is consequent concern that resources dedicated to education in middle- and lower-income countries have been dwindling.
Source: Devex
Can the US force Taliban to lift ban on girls’ education?
19/12/2023: The US has imposed sanctions on two influential Taliban ministers over their stance on girls' education. Afghanistan is the only country in the world with restrictions on female education. While the immediate impact of US sanctions on key Taliban leaders is uncertain, experts hope that persistent international pressure could contribute to reforms.
Source: DW
Delivering on our promise of universal education
24/1/2023: On the International Day of Education we should be concerned that almost 700 million children and adolescents worldwide cannot read. That’s more than 8% of the global population. World leaders will meet in February, aiming to raise $1.5 billion for education over the next four years.
Source: Inter Press Service
Creative financing aims to revive global education goals
19/9/2022: Globally, only 1 in 3 10-year-olds are estimated to be able to read, a 50% decrease from pre-pandemic levels. The International Finance Facility for Education aims to increase education funding in low- to middle-income countries through low-interest loans from multilateral development banks.
Source: Devex