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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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