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- When we invest in girls’ secondary education. The lifetime earnings of girls dramatically increase. National growth rates rise. Child marriage rates decline.
- Why are girls out of school? Despite evidence demonstrating how central girls’ education is to development, gender disparities in education persist. Around the world, 129 million girls are out of school, including 32 million of primary school age, 30 million of lower-secondary school age, and 67 million of upper-secondary school age.
- Gender equality in education. Gender-equitable education systems empower girls and boys and promote the development of life skills – like self-management, communication, negotiation and critical thinking – that young people need to succeed.
- UNICEF’s work to promote girls’ education. UNICEF works with communities, Governments and partners to remove barriers to girls’ education and promote gender equality in education – even in the most challenging settings.
Jun 6, 2024 · Most pupils, 67.4%, are boys, as in previous years. The proportion of girls in the state-funded AP school population has increased annually from 27.1% 2020/21 to 32.6% in 2023/24. Three fifths of...
- Who We Are
- Foreword
- Executive Summary
- Girl’S Education Is A Game Changer
- The Scale of The Challenge
- What We’Ve Learnt
- The Global Progress We Need to See
- UK Actions
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) brings the global reach of UK’s diplomatic network and the power of our development expertise together to promote the UK’s prosperity, security and values internationally. Nowhere is this integrated approach more important that in cementing the UK’s reputation and competitive edge as a global ...
Global education is in crisis. COVID-19 has been the largest disruptor of education in modern history. At the height of school closures, 1.6 billion children and young people were out of education. Missing out on school does long-term damage, not only to an individual’s prospects, but to the prospects of their nation. We know how disproportionately...
The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to undo many of the global gains of the last two decades in girls’ education. As governments around the world build back from the crisis and allocate funds to the highest return activities, the evidence in favour of girls’ education and empowerment cannot be ignored, including as an asset in tackling climate change. ...
Education is a human right gateway to other rights. It is essential for gender equality, lasting poverty reduction, and building prosperous, resilient economies and peaceful, stable societies. [footnote 2] There is overwhelming evidence that investing in girls’ education and breaking down other barriers that they face, can put nations in the develo...
– Antonio Guterres, United Nations’ Secretary General, September 2020 The COVID-19 crisis has dimmed the hopes of a generation of children and young people. At the peak of school closures in April 2020, 1.6 billion learners were out of school across 180 countries. Globally, children have missed 2/3rds of a school year, and schools in some countries...
Gender gaps persist in education at girls’ expense due to the sheer number of hurdles that stand in a girl’s way. Traditional attitudes restrict women’s roles and underestimate girls’ learning potential. Physical disincentives, such as long distances, to the nearest school and lack of safe transport. Cost constraints, like buying school uniforms, p...
Progress towards the Education Sustainable Goal is at a crossroads. The COVID pandemic has set back gains further and faster than anyone could have predicted. At the same time, the education sector has an opportunity to ‘open up better’, harnessing the impetus of the crisis to take on new challenges and reassess old ones. This opportunity must be s...
Pillar 1: A global coalition on girls learning
The UK has made a strong contribution to girls’ education over the years by bringing global players together and sharing our understanding of what works. We have helped shift international attention towards foundational skills as the critical gateway to future learning. But the scale of the challenge ahead defies any single country; it requires an unprecedented effort across the whole international community. 2021 is a year of action for the UK on girls’ education. We will use our Presidency...
Pillar 2: Country-led action to get more girls in school, kept safe and learning
Between 2015 to 2019, the UK helped 15.6 million children gain a good education, over 8 million of them girls, through our work directly with national governments. Alongside our support to improve learning in schools, we have led important initiatives to tackle the obstacles that stop girls going to and remaining in school - from providing safe spaces for education in armed conflicts to improving girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health services. There is more we can and must do. In th...
Pillar 3: Global goods to support bold education reform
The UK is a world leader in producing global public goods. Our portfolio of pioneering education research has grown in recent years, supported by the UK’s leading experts in our Science Advisory Group, Universities and Research Councils. The number of robust studies on what works has surged driving up standards in the sector and providing governments with the data they need to make bold reform, as well as tough financial choices. Evidence is at the heart of our approach to girls’ education -...
Mar 5, 2019 · In 2006 – the year of our founding – 60 million primary school-age girls were out of school. Since then, progress has almost halved that number, but when adolescents and teens are included, the fact remains that a shocking 130 million girls still do not have the chance to get an education.
For many girls, school is more than a window into a better future. It’s a lifeline. Currently, 122 million girls are out of school. Join UNESCO in ensuring #LearningNeverStops so that every girl continues learning and returns to school.
Mar 8, 2020 · There are 130 million girls who are completely missing out on school. These are "the most marginalised and hardest to reach", says Ms Gillard. She chairs the Global Partnership for...
2 days ago · 31 October 2024 Culture and Education. Despite decades of educational progress and international commitments, a quarter of a billion children and youth remain out of school worldwide, UN education agency UNESCO’s latest Global Education Monitoring Report revealed on Thursday. The findings reveal that global efforts to ensure universal ...
