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30m children in Bangladesh to benefit from programmes to improve education
World Bank support will help to keep girls and children from poorer families in school - and provide training to 500,000 teachers.
Preschool children take part in language development trial in Singapore
The method, which aims to help marginalised children catch up, could be rolled out across the country.
Somalia shakes up its education system after years of being wrecked by conflict
Structure, term times, text books and even the language of teaching have all been changed to bring about a "Somali-owned system".
11 inspiring things Kofi Annan said about education and youth leadership
Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan passed away this weekend at the age of 80. Here we explore his most inspirational quotes about education.
Education is a lure for families and children who flee violence in Central America
Growing numbers of child migrants are being caught and sent home - but gang violence and stigma means they struggle to reintegrate into schools.
Global Youth Ambassadors S/Hero Week: meet our disability champion Saul
In the last of our series honouring amazing young advocates, we look at someone who is working to help children with disabilities.
Global Youth Ambassadors S/Hero Week: meet our #RewritingTheCode champion Clareine
We pay tribute to a young advocate who is empowering girls through computer technology and education.
Hundreds of schools damaged by earthquakes on Indonesian island of Lombok
Emergency education is a priority to help the thousands of children who have experienced tragedy and trauma.
Global Youth Ambassadors S/Hero Week: meet our early childhood development champion Stephen
Today - in the latest of our Global Youth Ambassadors S/Hero Week awards - we look at the crucial early years in a child's life.
Palestinian schools to reopen – but UN agency warns funding will run out within weeks
525,000 students will return to their schools after the summer break with a financial crisis still looming over them.