Global summit raises record $4b for education kitty
Australia’s former prime minister Julia Gillard, Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta and Britain’s PM Boris Johnson at the Global Education Summit in London. PHOTO | AFP
The Global Education Summit, co-hosted by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta in London, has raised a record $4 billion from donors for the Global Partnership for Education (GPE).
This fundraising total puts GPE firmly on the path to achieving its target of raising at least $5 billion over the next five years to transform education for millions of the world’s most vulnerable children. A fully funded GPE would enable up to 175 million children to learn and get 88 million more girls and boys in school by 2025.
