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Basic Education Coalition Releases Report on Status of Education around the World
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The Basic Education Coalition announces the release of its updated Teach a Child, Transform a Nation, publication.
The report reviews the status of basic education around the world, highlighting the key role education plays in all facets of human development.
Based on current and compelling evidence, Teach a Child shows that investing in basic education is one of the surest paths to economic growth, boosting GDP, individual earnings and reinvestment in the community. Basic education empowers women and girls, improves maternal and child health, lowers infant mortality, and is one of the best ways to combat deadly diseases such as HIV/AIDS. It also boosts agricultural productivity, fosters political participation and good governance, and brings stability to war-torn regions.
Basic Education Coalition Endorses Education for All Act
The Basic Education Coalition endorses the Education for All Act of 2010, which would help ensure that every child around the world has access to a primary education of good quality.
U.S. Basic Education Programs Making Positive Impact
Around the world, U.S. basic education programs are transforming the lives of children, families and communities. What’s more, mounting evidence shows the positive impact education has on economic growth and building security and stability. In a recent short paper, the Basic Education Coalition argues that education must play a key role in U.S. initiatives in global health, food security, climate change as well as in empowering women and and girls, and gives concrete examples of the important education work undertaken by BEC members that illustrates these linkages.
Coalition Calls for U.S. Global Education Initiative
Significant action is required if the world is to realize the global objective of Education for All by 2015. President Obama has committed to erasing the global primary education gap by 2015 and has called for a $2 billion Global Education Fund, while both the Administration and the U.S. Congress have given high priority to quality basic education programs.
