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Investment where profit means better schools
The British Asian Trust is planning to raise $10m (£7.5m) for an "education development impact bond" in which investments are linked to specific targets in improving education for disadvantaged communities in India.
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- South Asia
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Welfare Schemes Don’t Work if Nobody Knows About Them: Fixing India’s Information Deficit
An information drought is causing millions of India's poor to miss out on billions of dollars in vital government assistance. Haqdarshak is a tech platform that addresses this massive problem. Using a combination of technology and a network of people, the social enterprise aims to transform the way people find out about, apply for and benefit from various welfare schemes.
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- Education, Social Enterprise, Technology
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Press release: Shortlist to Acquire Spire Education to Enhance Talent Service Offerings in East Africa
“We’re thrilled to join forces with Spire, a move that will supercharge our joint capacity to support talent-forward companies in Kenya and beyond,” says Paul Breloff, co-founder and CEO of Shortlist.
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- Education, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- employment, startups
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Aid spent on private schools doesn’t reach world’s poorest children, MPs say
The report, which is released as the Department for International Development (DfID) reviews its education projects, said the amount of aid money dedicated to schooling has fallen over recent years. In 2011, 10% of DfID’s spending went on education projects, but this had fallen to 7% by 2015. MPs call for a “significant increase” in the amount invested on education, especially early years projects.
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- Education
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South Africa really can’t afford free education for all despite the liberation promise
The promise of free education is one South Africa’s liberation heroes have made since 1955 through the Freedom Charter document. The commission’s findings contradict the charter’s dreams and president Jacob Zuma’s compromise to students during the 2015 #FeesMustFall protests that free education was indeed possible.
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- Education
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public policy
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A social entrepreneur at 15 and ardent campaigner for universal education
A campaigner for providing equal opportunities for her counterparts to learn, build a career and live a life with basic necessities, Nikhiya believes that the national recognition would help her reach out to a wider audience.
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- Education
- Region
- South Asia
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- NGOs
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Digital technology can help reinvent basic education in Africa
The digital revolution currently under way in the region has led to a boom in trials using information and communication technology (ICT) in education – both in and out of the classroom.
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- Education, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Sesame Street goes global to teach kids about money
The outreach has so far been a whopping success in terms of the numbers reached, Sesame Workshop concluded at a summit last month that brought together country directors. The most difficult challenge they identified was how hard it was to translate money messages across different countries and cultures.
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- Education
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