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Justin van Fleet
“I know firsthand the impact the environment has in early childhoodâ€
“We turn discarded laptops into learning devices for refugee and vulnerable children”
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A Global Youth Ambassador from Lagos, Nigeria tells us about an event he ran to empower disadvantaged children with life skills
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Five things you need to know this week about global education
Our weekly news roundup includes aid for children affected by Cyclone Idai, school attacks in Syria and how Lego bricks can help blind children learn.
Muzinda Hub x ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï: Creating the Next Generation of Coders and Entrepreneurs
In the past decade within Africa, coding has been considered a catalyst to bridge the digital skills gap. And on the international Women & Girls in ICT Day, the same can be said in Zimbabwe.
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Schools in Bangladesh ordered to prevent sexual violence after girl’s horrific murder
27,000 schools and colleges will take action following the killing of a student, who was burned to death for making a sexual harassment claim against a teacher.
Five things you need to know this week about global education
The fifth anniversary of the Chibok kidnappings, three million school books destroyed and pop star Dua Lipa's visit to Syrian refugees are in our weekly news roundup.
When disaster strikes: how education and children’s futures were battered by Cyclone Idai
An in-depth look at how the deadly storm and flooding has disrupted the schooling of half a million children in southeast Africa - and the efforts to rebuild.
Five things you need to know this week about global education
Our weekly news roundup includes a horrific attack that killed 14 schoolchildren in Yemen and how Education Bonds could provide large-scale funding. We have a separate article about a joint event on early childhood education held in Washington by ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï, UNICEF and the Global Business Coalition for Education. Read it here.
ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï and UNICEF call for action now to get all children in pre-primary education
The importance of early learning for the world's youngest and most disadvantaged children was emphasised at a joint event.
Rhetoric versus reality … how global donors are failing the world’s youngest and most vulnerable children
As a ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï report reveals too many are not living up to promises to invest in early childhood education, we look at the record of top donors.