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40% OF CHILDREN IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA NOT IN SCHOOL

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UNICEF estimates that 40 per cent of all school-aged children across Eastern and Southern Africa are currently not in school due to COVID19-induced closures and pre-pandemic levels of out of…

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The impact of disrupted education since the COVID-19 outbreak has been devastating, with learners between 75 per cent and a full school year behind where they should be, according to…

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Around one in three countries where schools are or have been closed are not yet implementing remedial programmes post-COVID-19 school closures, according to a UNESCO, UNICEF, World Bank and OECD…

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The most disadvantaged children are more likely to be denied the opportunity to have a good start to their education, according to two new studies by UNESCO and its Global…

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As the world meets at the Generation Equality Forum, UNESCO is launching a set of concrete commitments to achieve tangible progress towards gender equality in key areas over the next five years…

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The World Bank has approved a $191 million credit to Bangladesh to help the country strengthen the higher education sector and respond better to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Higher Education Acceleration…

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UNESCO and the World Health Organization have launched the Global Standards for Health Promoting Schools, a resource package for schools to improve the health and wellbeing of 1.9 billion school-aged…