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It takes a whole village to educate a child

Posted by: , Posted on: - Categories: Afghanistan, Asia, Development Debates, Education, Other

I visited Ghor province in Afghanistan in June 2015 as part of my work for STAGES project, one of the UK-funded Girls’ Education Challenge programmes. I went there to see the work being carried out by one of the partners, which …

Tackling barriers to education for Afghan girls

Posted by: , Posted on: - Categories: Afghanistan, Asia, Education, Girls & Women
The Girls’ Education Challenge will help up to 1 million of the world’s poorest girls in 22 focus countries get an education and transform their future. Picture: Sarah Cottereau

When the Girl Summit is held in the UK in July, one of the key messages will be the role of education in transforming the lives of girls. Education enables girls to participate more fully in their communities and their …

The broken record of educational technology: why we must be informed and keep asking questions

Posted by: , Posted on: - Categories: Digital for Development, Education

Love it or loathe it, 1 of the grand challenges for education in developing countries is how to integrate technology in a cost effective way that has impact. In a paper released this month, McKinsey report that over 67 million …

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