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Business champions to help shape historic early years summit
City mayors lead the way as champions for the early years
Youth Champions gather early years insights for world leaders
How our Global Youth Ambassadors celebrated Day of the African Child
Helping girls to stay in school, highlighting the challenges of disabled children and meeting the winner of Nigeria's Big Brother TV show were among the activities.
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Indian state encouraged by success of pre-primary classes in every school
The national government is urging other states to follow Punjab's programme after 160,000 children aged three to six were enrolled in classes.
Guatemala volcano: primary school is destroyed and community mourns the loss of 12 students
It's hoped another 60 missing children are staying in shelters or have left with their families - as work begins to get schools reopened quickly.
Philanthropist launches education fund to help 5000 young refugees
The $27 million initiative will support adolescents in Jordan and Lebanon, as well as Arab children in the UAE affected by humanitarian emergencies.
World Cup 2018: School report card on Group H countries Colombia, Japan, Poland and Senegal
Every day during the opening week of the World Cup in Russia, we're looking at the education situation in each of the countries taking part. Today it's Group H.
Outcry over trauma of children separated from their parents at the US border
Experts have condemned the practice as "child abuse" and say the psychological damage could be long-lasting.
Record number of children forced from their homes by conflicts and persecution
On World Refugee Day, new statistics show there are 68.5 million displaced people - and over half of them are under 18.
World Cup 2018: School report card on Group G countries Belgium, England, Panama and Tunisia
Every day during the opening week of the World Cup in Russia, we're looking at the education situation in each of the countries taking part. Today it's Group G.
Big increase in EU’s foreign aid budget could boost education funding
Making the EU's systems more flexible and effective would give an opportunity to support the IFFEd initiative to get millions of children into school.
World Cup 2018: School report card on Group F countries Germany, Mexico, South Korea and Sweden
Every day during the opening week of the World Cup in Russia, we're looking at the education situation in each of the countries taking part. Today it's Group F.