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Learning the Future

Nicaraguan student.
Nicaraguan student. © Esteban Feix / Academy for Educational Development
From the slums of Calcutta to the outskirts of Kabul, more children than ever are getting the opportunity to go to school. But are they getting the education they need to thrive in today’s globalized world?

As many children around the globe are returning for a new school year this September, Perspectives examines the status of education worldwide, analyzing the challenges we all face while highlighting some of the most promising and innovative initiatives.

Find out what governments can be doing, what civil society groups are doing, and what you can do to help children “learn the future”!



» Latest News
Mother and child at a registration session in Sudan (Photo: Plan/Alf Berg)
16.11.2009 More than 40 million people in 32 countries, most of them children, can now access vital health and education services after being traced and issued with birth certificates, campaigners announced today.
Image: Mother and child at a registration session in Sudan (Photo: Plan/Alf Berg)
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FROM THE FRONTLINES
Jennifer Sklar
As I traveled to Shimelba refugee camp, I envisioned myself offering thousands of traumatized children hopes for the future in the form of an education. As I was to learn, however, it wasn’t that simple.
Basic education is a sound investment that provides economic, health, societal, and civic returns that will last for generations.
As much as $17 billion per year may be needed to meet minimum global standards for education. Leveraging funds from visionary companies may help fill the funding gap.
One of the top thinkers on education and development shares his thoughts on challenges and opportunities in the 21st century.
Children at a school in Chakwal Village outside of Rawalpindi, Pakistan where TWB workshops have been conducted.
As headlines regularly portray conflicts between Islam and the West, Teachers Without Borders explores common values in education.
LIVE CHAT
Carolyn Bartholemew discussed the progress and challenges in getting all the world's children into school by 2015.
Read the transcript.
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More kids are in school than ever before — including in many poorer countries — but 100 million were still left out when this morning's school bell rang.
Member of the Islamic Sisters Association taking ICT classes, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Balancing academic education, global citizenship, and skills building is no easy task.
Creative solutions are helping get kids in school and improve the quality of education.

OneWorld editor Rahul Kumar writes from New Delhi about the use of ICTs in India's schools.

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