Education

A coalition of Islamic leaders has announced a significant initiative aimed at improving access to education for girls and women through the Islamabad Declaration for Girls’ Education, Arab News reported. This declaration asserts that girls’ education is both a religious…

A new analysis by Save the Children reveals that approximately 103 million children—one in three—living in conflict or fragile countries were out of school in 2024, Reliefweb.com reported. This figure is double the global average, underscoring the severe impact of…

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has announced a collaboration with IELTS to offer complimentary English language proficiency tests for refugees, aiming to enhance their educational and employment prospects, Khaama Press reported yesterday. This initiative seeks to address the significant challenges…

The fifth edition of the “Mohammed VI Foundation” for African Scholars Quran Memorization, Recitation, and Tajweed Competition opened last Friday in the Moroccan city of Fes. The competition involves branches of the foundation from 48 African countries, with 118 participants…

The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) highlights a critical education crisis, with 250 million children worldwide currently out of school, reliefweb reported yesterday. CEO Laura Frigenti, speaking at the OPEC Fund Development Forum, emphasized that progress towards the Sustainable Development…