G7 summit leaders commit $3bn to girls’ education
Canada has used the G7 Summit to confirm it will lead efforts to provide $2.9bn to help educate the world’s poorest girls and women in partnership with other members. Contributors to the fund include Germany, Japan, the UK, the EU and the World Bank, with the money helping to ‘fund equal access to education and learning opportunities […]
Lord Adonis: ‘Poor education at the heart of social crisis’
Lord Adonis has urged Prime Minister Theresa May to appoint a ‘Minister for Good Schools’ with responsibility and funding to improve standards in poor-performing areas. The former Education Minister also said that independent schools should face a 25% tax to help fund teachers’ pay in a bid to raise £2.5 billion to help in hard-to-recruit […]