Make education an urgent global priority!
On 19th September 2022, for the first time ever, global leaders are gathering in New York for a summit focused only on education. The UN’s Transforming Education Summit is a recognition both of the
Financing education
This page outlines the way that ActionAid works to finance education around the world.
Private education and compliance with the Abidjan Principles
This ActionAid publication looks at private education and compliance with the Abidjan Principles. The report focuses on Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Nigeria.
The impact of privatisation on the fulfilment of the Right to Education in 7 African countries
The governments of Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda must provide free public education of the highest attainable quality using the maximum of available resources.
How to achieve quality education for all and Leave No One Behind
We aim to show how progressive domestic resource mobilisation - collecting enough tax money and spending it right - is a sustainable way to finance free, quality public education for all, leaving no
Funding for global education must move away from neo-colonial aid
With the new chair of GPE taking up his role in September there has never been a better opportunity to move away from the dominance of the neo-colonial aid narrative and ensure genuinely
Making tax work for girls’ education
Globally, there are 264 million primary and secondary age children and youth out of school. More girls than boys currently receive no primary education and many pupils in school in developing
The effects of privatisation on girls’ access to free, quality public education
Governments have a duty to ensure the right to free, public education of good quality for all. However, in many countries, the low quality of public education is driving parents to pay for private
How governments are failing on the right to education
This report presents important new findings on the right to education from citizen-led research in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Nepal. Unlike most such studies it is the product of research and
Tax, privatisation and the right to education
This report brings together participatory research carried out in Ghana, Kenya, Uganda and Pakistan as part of the Tax, Privatisation and Right to Education multi country project.
