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Education





         Equity









          The challenge                                                                                                              Our approach


          Inequality and disadvantage lie at                                                                                         Identify new and more effective ways
          the heart of the global education                                                                                          to improve learning outcomes for the
          challenge. Despite global progress                                                                                         most underrepresented and at risk
          in access to education in recent                                                                                           young people and bring evidence                               Evidence
          years, more than a quarter of a billion                                                                                    to the forefront of decision-making.
          children remain out of school today.
          Hundreds of millions more are not                                                                                          Support innovations that show
          learning when they are in school.                                                                                          promise and have the greatest
                                                                                                                                     potential to be scaled and replicated
          Quality education and learning is                                                                                          to increase equality, participation                   Building a    Millions Learning:
          the pathway to building the skills                                                                                         and attainment.                                     Global Evidence   Evidence and
          and knowledge people need to                                                                                                                                                    Ecosystem       Innovation to
                                                                                                                                                                                          for Teaching
                                                                                                                                                                                                           Scale Impact
          seize opportunities to enhance   263 million of the world’s 1.3 billion   800 million children, roughly                    Drive more effective performance           Informing Better Decision Making                                      Enhancing Performance & Impact
          their lives and their contribution   children are not in school and a   half of the youth generation,                      in education systems to enhance
          to communities and societies. This     further 330 million who go to school   will reach adulthood without                 outcomes and impact including return
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          means more children participate      are not learning or gaining basic skills .  basic secondary-level skills .            on effort, investment and resources.         Participate      Stay & Thrive   Succeed
          in education, are enabled to stay
          and thrive in school longer to gain                                                                                        Empower thought leaders and
          a higher level of qualification                                                                                            advocate for policy decisions based        Supporting Evidence-Based Innovation                                    Empowering Thought Leaders
          and skills, and can succeed and                                                                                            on what works around the world.
          prosper throughout their lives.                                                                                                                                                Second Chance    Leadership and
                                                                                                                                                                                          Education and   Global Learning
          Our ambition is to harness the                                                                                                                                                   Vocational     for Community
                                                                                                                                                                                           Learning
                                                                                                                                                                                                             Impact
          potential of young people most
          at risk of being left behind by
          enabling equitable access to
          quality education and learning.
                                                                                                                                                                                              Enabling Environment
                                           more likely that the world’s      750 million adults around
                                           poorest children won’t go to school   the world are illiterate including
                                           than the world’s richest children .  495 million women .
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