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We are pleased to report that Education Development Trust has co-hosted a successful side event to this week’s Global Education Summit, ‘High-impact domestic financing: evidence, equity, efficiency’, in partnership with the British Council and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

We were delighted to participate in the Global Education Summit on 28th July 2021, providing insights for one of the four key sessions: Financing for Impact.

Last month, Education Development Trust’s TARGET team welcomed HE Dr Geremew Hulluka, State Minister for Teachers and Educational Leaders Development to a school leader pilot training session in the Sidama region of Ethiopia for a two-day visit – the first of its kind for a project which is still in an implementation phase.

On this World Youth Skills Day, we celebrate some of the vital work our Employability and Careers team are doing in schools to help bridge the gap between education, training and employability through the organising of mock interviews with top-name employers at schools in London.

Some 372,000 South Sudanese refugees live in Ethiopia. Nearly half of them are of school going age. 'We teach here' shares the lives of three South Sudanese primary school teachers working in refugee camps in the Gambella region of Ethiopia. Using phone cameras to film themselves, the teachers share their stories and the essential role they play in shaping the future of young refugees, under challenging and fast-changing circumstances.

We are delighted to announce a new event from our Building Learning Foundations team in Rwanda – Empower Girls in Mathematics: Start Early – to mark the International Day for Women in Mathematics on 12th May.