Education

The World Bank Group is the largest financier of education in the developing world, working in 94 countries and committed to helping them reach SDG4: access to inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for all by 2030.

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Skills Training Is Opening Opportunities for Millions of Young People in Africa

The Skills for Jobs Policy Academy Practitioner Program shares global evidence and innovations with policymakers for TVET and youth employment programs.
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Building Resilient Schools

The RIGHT+ Framework offers guidance to promote resilient, inclusive, green, healthy, and teaching- and learning-conducive schools, classrooms and learning environments.
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Why bridging Africa's skills gap is crucial for growth

A skills-for-jobs approach can prepare the workforce for both today’s opportunities and tomorrow’s disruptions.

Education At-A-Glance

Education is a human right, a powerful driver of development, and one of the strongest instruments for reducing poverty and improving health, gender equality, peace, and stability. It delivers large, consistent returns in terms of income, and is the most important factor to ensure equity and inclusion. For individuals, education promotes employment, earnings, health, and poverty reduction. Globally, there is a 9% increase in hourly earnings for every extra year of schooling. EDUCATION FACTSHEET (PDF)

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Advancing Innovative Methods to Promote Learning (AIM4Learning)

Over 70 million children will benefit from an innovative new program for foundational Learning in Eastern and Southern Africa.

Foundational Learning

Foundational learning is basic literacy, numeracy, and transferable skills, that are the building blocks for a life of learning....
Education Finance

Assisting countries to make better use of their investments in education is a key priority
Skills Development

Skills development can reduce unemployment, raise incomes, and improve standards of living.
Early Childhood Development

Smart investments in the wellbeing and development of young children are critical to put them on the path to greater prosperity....
Tertiary Education

Tertiary Education is instrumental in fostering growth, reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity.
Girls’ Education

Every day, girls face barriers to education caused by poverty, cultural norms, poor infrastructure, violence and fragility.
Education Technologies (EdTech)

The use of information and communication technologies in education can play a crucial role in providing new and innovative ...
Teachers

Teachers are the single most important school-based factor affecting how much students learn.
Inclusive Education

Strengthening education systems to be more inclusive is core to expanding equitable opportunities for all learners.
Fragility, Conflict & Violence

Ensuring a safe environment for children to learn is an urgent imperative