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From ambition to action: conference builds momentum for early years summit
Business champions to help shape historic early years summit
City mayors lead the way as champions for the early years
Mobile library gives Nigerian schoolchildren a love of reading
Former teacher Funmi Ilori takes her book-laden vans to several schools every day and also helps out-of-school children in slum areas.Â
Self-help pledge by developing countries to deliver education for their children
Ghana's president urged African countries to take more responsibility as many low-income nations promised to increase spending on schools.
School is a safe haven for girls escaping from horror of FGM and child marriage
To mark International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, we look at how education is changing the lives of affected girls in Uganda.
Israel demolishes EU-funded classrooms for Bedouin children
Palestinian officials said it's the fifth time the school in the West Bank has been partially or completely torn down since 2016.
“Working together to help underprivileged girls into education in Uganda”
A Global Youth Ambassador tells how officials and civil society groups are trying to overcome the barriers that prevent girls from going to school, including disability.
Expert Voices
2018 must be a year of revolution for education funding, global summit is told
The voices of young people were heard loud and clear as donors and developing countries promised to increase their investment in the schooling of millions of children.
Technology giants to support education of marginalised children
Global Business Coalition for Education members have announced offers including access to satellite technology and tracking children's journeys to school.
Invest in education, former child soldier and inspirational activist tells world leaders
Mohamed Sidibay - one of ¹ú²úÊÓƵ's Global Youth Ambassadors - will make an impassioned plea at the Global Partnership for Education's financing conference.
Schools made from plastic bottles help children and the environment
Communities in rural, underfunded areas of Guatemala are coming together to turn waste that cannot be recycled into new school buildings.
305 schools face closure as hurricane-hit Puerto Rico tackles budget crisis
The islands have lost more than 22,000 students who moved to the US mainland after the storms caused devastation - but teachers' associations have criticised the plans to close one in four schools.