The challenges faced by Malawian adolescent girls in completing their education have remained the same over the years – lack of school fees, trying to avoid distraction from boys and staying on top of challenging coursework. For World Population Day, on June 11, 2016, the World Bank was motivated by the theme of “investing in […]
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As a low income country striving to attain middle-income status, Tanzania education aims to create employment for the nearly 1 million youth joining the labour-force every year. This calls for expansion of existing firms and creation and growth of new enterprises. However, the quality of the education and training systems is compromising the quality of […]
“Education is the most powerful weapon which we can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela (1918 – 2013) The 21st century has seen a greater number of children in school than any other before. Back in 1950, the average level of schooling in Africa was less than two years. It is more than […]
Malaka runs a tight ship. The principal of an all-girls primary school nestled deep in the heartland of Balkh – a mountainous province in Afghanistan – what sets Malaka apart isn’t her formidable management skills. It is the unwavering commitment to her students. When students can’t afford school supplies, Malaka chips in personally to prevent […]
The Ebola crisis of 2014-15 killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa, further damaged the economy and social setting on a large scale, and left more that ten thousand children orphaned. In Sierra Leone, schools were closed for eight months. Following the closure of schools and a ban on public gatherings, the Sierra Leone […]
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim and UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake yesterday jointly urged global and national leaders to step up and accelerate action and investments in nutrition and early childhood development (ECD) programmes as a critical foundation for equitable development and economic growth. The two organizations announced the establishment of a new […]
Education is central to improving human welfare and to achieving the goals of eliminating extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. Schooling was recognized as vital to achieving the MDGs, and it remains front and center in the SDGs. Yet there has never been a World Development Report (WDR) on education. As a result, I have […]