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Feedback from the Francophonie Summit

By Ficeméa 26 and 27 November 2016 will be remembered as a major victory for supporters of high-quality public education. At the summit in Madagascar, the 57 Member States of the International Organisation of La Francophonie adopted the Antananarivo Declaration

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Breaking – The UN says UK development aid to commercial private schools could violate children’s rights

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UK support for private schools in developing countries criticised by UN Committee

  Geneva, 24 May 2016 The United Kingdom (UK)’s controversial support for commercial, low-cost private schools in developing countries has been questioned by a UN Committee on children’s rights.(1) The UK Department for International Development’s support for the for-profit primary

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CSOs decry World Bank support for education

A number of world education organisations have expressed discontent with the World Bank President’s support for “Bridge International Academies,” a private multinational profit-oriented basic school chain, as a means of reducing poverty. In the face of global poverty reduction efforts

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Uganda: Back Poor Secondary Schools, Not the Richer Ones – NGOs

opinion By Moses Talemwa Early this year, Munaihe (name changed to protect his identity) received the news that he had passed his primary leaving examinations with aggregate-5. Unfortunately, Munaihe’s mother was not as excited as her son. The poor family

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Private Schools for Kenya’s Poor Spark Controversy

Children study at a private non-formal school, one of about 120 in the in Mathare slum, in Nairobi, Kenya, June 2, 2015. (Hilary Heuler / VOA) NAIROBI, KENYA The walls are made of rusty corrugated metal, the roof lets in

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