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07/07/2015:
Plan International welcomes global education commission
7 July 2015: Plan International has welcomed the announcement of a high-level Commission on the Financing of Global Education Opportunities, agreed at the Oslo Summit on Education today.
The Commission, to be chaired by UN Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown, will champion investment in education worldwide. It will seek money to cover the huge shortfall in the financing of global education, and identify ways to deploy currently available resources more effectively.
It is estimated that a total of US$39 billion is needed annually if the world is to achieve the proposed Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for all by 2030…