President Kenyatta, in a pre-summit statement, said he hopes the Heads of State will commit to protect domestic financing for education.
The summit comes at a time when the Covid-19 pandemic has increased the annual financing gap for education in low and middle-income countries from the estimated $148 billion to almost $200 billion.
Unesco estimates at least $210 billion will be cut from education budgets this year and pressure to reallocate scarce resources to health and social safety nets.
