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Bridge International Academies are not authorised to operate in Uganda, says Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education has reiterated its position that Bridge international academies whose financial backers include Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg has no license and is not authorised to open for the school year 2018.
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- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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J-PAL North America launches education technology innovation competition
MIT's Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) North America has launched a new Education, Technology, and Opportunity Competition that will support U.S. education leaders in identifying effective uses of education technology that can serve as models for how innovation can improve learning.
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- Education, Technology
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The Controversial Silicon Valley-funded Quest to Educate the World’s Poorest Kids
Faith works for Bridge International Academies, a Valley-backed chain of schools in Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Uganda, and India.
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- Education, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Education Technology is a Global Opportunity
$8.15 billion. That’s the amount global investors staked in edtech companies in the first 10 months of 2017.
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- Education, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Liberia’s big school experiment
Liberia, which elected a new president last week, has among the highest percentage of out-of-school primary children in the world.
In a bid to improve the availability and quality of schools, the West African country has been carrying out a controversial experiment.- Categories
- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- NGOs, public policy
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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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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