Several initiatives were launched in the region to improve quality and equity in education and counter poverty and inequality.
Neither will they take too seriously the prime minister's vow to boost education and ease poverty on Pakistan's border.
But this can actually have devastating effects on young girls' lives -- limiting their access to education and increasing their chances of poverty and health problems, including complications during child-birth.
Little divides the two front-runners on the big issues of policy, such as education, crime and poverty.
And the revenues forgone could have been spent on education and other anti-poverty measures, or on better transport links to local and southern markets.
Through its oriented projects and partnerships, UNESCO is working to promote the importance of technical and vocational education in providing job opportunities and reducing poverty in Iraq.
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But in developing countries there is the same need to focus the activities of the state on promoting growth and reducing poverty through investment in education and health care.
Despite these impressive gains in primary and secondary education, most Bahraini children, particularly those from poor families, still have limited access to comprehensive and quality early childhood education (ECE) due to: poverty and limited State investment in or support of ECE programmes (in fact, comprehensive early education programmes are non-existent in the country) and the fact that child participation in pre-school classes is largely seen as a luxury.
The Report has developed a Deprivation and Marginalization in Education (DME) database drawing on a range of household surveys covering 80 countries and providing a more nuanced picture of education poverty (those with less than 4 years of education), extreme education poverty (those with less than 2 years of education) and those in the bottom 20 per cent (with the fewest years of education in a given society).
The article, however, had no mention of the many idealists working to solve problems in health, education, climate change and poverty that plague much of the globe.
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Innovations in global health, emerging technologies, infrastructure, education, employment, and poverty were presented to the distinguished crowd, and no doubt many of these ideas will translate into real companies and movements in the coming years.
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Their talks centred on the importance of education and culture for economic growth, and touched also on culture and development, poverty eradication, teacher training, girls education, and education for all.
The TY Danjuma Foundation is a private independent grant making philanthropic organization based in Abuja, Nigeria which makes grants to and partners with Non Governmental organizations that champion and promote causes in Education, free healthcare, policy advocacy and poverty alleviation.
Over the past few decades, Bangladesh and various NGOs have instituted several educational programmes such as universal (compulsory and free) primary education and the establishment of village libraries and village study circles in an effort to provide its citizens with access to quality education and thus to promote national economic development, poverty alleviation and social empowerment and transformation.
The trick with poverty and education, of course, is that the two impact one another.
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This year, however, education, ending poverty, and the environment are their key concerns, says the Intelligence Group.
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Of course, since poverty and education are so tightly interwoven it becomes a vicious cycle very quickly.
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It encourages "grassroots voices" to speak out on education, healthcare, poverty and other livelihood problems during the meeting.
Crime, poverty, education and health problems are more extreme.
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These obstacles arise from the long-standing and ongoing conflicts, endemic poverty, poor funding of the education sector and (often ultra-conservative) cultural norms and practices.
Bringing boys and girls together, organizing schooling and health education, providing the tools and the incentive to fight against poverty and disease -- that is the legacy we want to leave.
The failure of governments across the world to tackle deep and persistent inequalities in education is consigning millions of children to lives of poverty and diminished opportunity, according to the report published by UNESCO.
It is the WLGA view that education is key to reducing poverty and improving Wales' economic potential.
Use the past as an incentive to break the cycle of poverty through education, dedication and hard work.
The most effective anti-poverty measures are better education and more job-training.
Literacy is at the heart of basic Education for All, and essential for eradicating poverty, reducing child mortality, achieving gender equality and ensuring sustainable development, peace and democracy.
Literacy is at the heart of basic Education for All and is essential for eradicating poverty, reducing child mortality, achieving gender equality and ensuring sustainable development, peace and democracy.
"One in three children in this community is affected by childhood obesity because of poverty, lack of education and access to resources, " said Green-Jackson, adding that dangerous neighborhoods are also a major obstacle.
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As a result of poverty and lack of education at village level, some people thought, he said, that they could divorce a spouse on the authority of the village council or even by rejecting their wife and sending her back to her family's home.
Both the Director-General and Mr Kim highlighted the critical role that education plays for development gains across the board, from better health and poverty alleviation to basic human dignity and gender equality.
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