Financing Education

Innovative financing in education: mobilizing resources to transform learning for African children and youth

ADEA, Tuesday, October 1, 2024 - 11:17

In response to the critical state of education in sub-Saharan Africa – where over 30 percent of school-aged children are out of school and nine out of ten children cannot read and understand a simple text by age ten
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Africa, EU Policymakers Restate Commitment to Enduring Relations Between Africa and Europe

ADEA, Monday, May 22, 2023 - 17:33

ADEA and the European Union (EU) Parliament have committed to partner with stakeholders and leverage their large education networks to improve relations between Africa and Europe. This is the product of deliberations from the High-Level Conference on Education Policies and Strategies for Africa held on Thursday, the 13^th of April 2023, at the EU Parliament in Brussels, Belgium.
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Five lessons from COVID-19 responses in education in Africa

ADEA, Tuesday, January 24, 2023 - 15:37

The COVID-19 pandemic presented unprecedented challenges to education in African countries. In response, researchers have mobilized to produce actionable evidence that supports system recovery and resilience. What can this experience teach us about the ability of education systems to absorb the shock of a crisis?
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GPE KIX Observatory says financing is key to strengthen educational system resilience and learning continuity

ADEA, Monday, August 30, 2021 - 18:20

The KIX Observatory hosted a webinar on Education Financing, Teacher and Learner Well-being and School Reopening on the 29th April 2021 with the overall aim of sharing information and experiences regarding educational policy and practice interventions in Africa.
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ADEA, AfDB and AU put the African Education Fund on the front burner

ADEA, Monday, August 12, 2019 - 16:15

he African Development Bank (AfDB), the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) and the African Union (AU) are recommending the establishment of the African Education Fund (AEF) as the unique African mechanism to address the challenges of education and skills development in Africa.
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ADEA and AfDB present the feasibility study results of the African Education Fund at the C10 Meeting in Malawi

ADEA, Tuesday, February 12, 2019 - 22:32

ADEA in partnership with the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) presented the feasibility study results of the African Education Fund (AEF) during the African Union’s First Extra-Ordinary Summit of the Committee of Ten (C10) Heads of State and Government Championing Education, Science and Technology.
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Alternative Financing Mechanisms for TVSD in Africa: The Case of Kenya, Rwanda, and The Gambia
ADEA, Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - 10:01
This report offers a comprehensive, evidence-based analysis of recent, current, and ongoing mechanisms for Technical and Vocational Skills Development (TVSD) financing in Kenya, Rwanda, and the Gambia It also examines the role of the private sector, particularly in the context of emerging national reforms and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

To meet the study's objectives, the following key questions were explored:

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Agenda 2063: The Resource Pressure in Financing Education in Africa

ADEA, Wednesday, August 26, 2020 - 22:16

When a call was made by the international community to have education provided as a human right back in 1948, it was not immediately conceivable how the ambitious mission would have been actualized. The world had just come out of war and obviously countries had spent fortunes defending their territories.
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