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International Parliamentary Network for Education
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Mobilising political leadership to deliver inclusive and equitable quality education and learning opportunities for all. #SDG4

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Just over a year ago, @ungeneva.bsky.social agreed the Pact for the Future—a new commitment for countries to work together. We need multilateralism to make quality education for all a reality.

📢 go.ipned.org/b297pj

#PoliticalLeadershipForEducation #SDG4 #EducationDay
We are here to bring multilateralism back from the brink and renew international cooperation and commitment to achieving sustainable development. Antonio Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General.
January 23, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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Read David Miliband, CEO of @rescue.org, on why aid and international cooperation remain vital to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

🎤 go.ipned.org/hefr2m

#SDG4 #CooperationForEducation #FundEducation #IDE2026 #EducationDay #PoliticalLeadershipForEducation
"Aid saves lives, but it takes politics to make development possible." David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, Former UK Foreign Secretary.
January 22, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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📖 Despite the power of education, there is a $97bn annual shortfall in funding, leaving millions of children without access to school.

This #EducationDay we must come together and replenish the @GPforEducation 🌎

When we #FundEducation we #MultiplyPossibility by 👇🏾
January 19, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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This 24 January is the #InternationalDayOfEducation, designated by the UN to celebrate education's role for peace and development.

Many of our members, incl. @unesco.org & @ipned.bsky.social, are organising events - find out more here: eiehub.org/events/2026-...
January 21, 2026 at 9:05 AM
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📚 What would happen to the global economy if 90% of children could read by age 10?

A new analysis of 114 countries finds that universal #FoundationalLearning would produce
🌍 +$196 trillion in economic output
👛 +27% in per capita GDP
& more.

➡️ Read: buff.ly/xIy4MEd
Graphic saying: The learning dividend #1: The economic multiplier. What if 90% of 10-year-olds could read... $196 trillion in additional economic output. Universal foundational learning delivers better reading, school completion, higher skills, more & better jobs, stronger economies. Graphic saying: The learning dividend #1: The economic multiplier. Fueling household and national prosperity. Achieving universal foundational learning in the present leads to +27% increase in per capita GDP (relates to increases in household incomes) leads to achieving long-term economic gains by 2050. Graphic saying: The learning dividend #1: The economic multiplier. Universal foundational learning: The dividend for governments. $21.4 trillion in extra tax revenue. This revenue provides for health, education, and infrastructure investments.
January 20, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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Parliaments must #LeadForLearning.
In the new #WorldEducationBlog, Honourable Harry Kamboni MP shows why foundational learning must be a political priority:
bit.ly/4jFVcx5
#BornToLearn
January 14, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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With just 4 years to go until the deadline for #SDG4, countries still have a $100bn funding gap on education. Find out more about the need for development assistance for education through @gemreport.bsky.social

📊 www.unesco.org/gem-report/e...

#SDG4 #FundEducation #CooperationForEducation
Monitoring SDG 4: Education finance
All GEM Report resources related to education financing
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January 19, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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International cooperation is still vital to solving global challenges.

Our MP-led statement aims to build political support for renewed co-operation and solidarity for education.

Find out more, and if you’re an MP, sign up 👉 go.ipned.org/5adyzd

#CooperationForEducation #FundEducation #IDE2026
January 19, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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Watch live: IPNEd's Beth Gum gives evidence to the Zambian National Assembly's inquiry into the state of #FoundationalLearning.

📽️ www.facebook.com/watch/live/?...

#EveryChildLearns #borntolearn #PoliticalLeadershipForEducation #LearningChangesEverything
January 19, 2026 at 10:22 AM
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“Just 2.5 days’ worth of annual military spending equals the amount going on aid to education per year.”

Read @gemreport.bsky.social Chair Jutta Urpilainen's call to fund education

👉 moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/07/01/a...

#CooperationForEducation #FundEducation #IDE2026 #EducationDay
The question is not whether we can afford to properly fund education globally. It is whether we can afford not to. Jutta Urpilainen, Chair of the GEM Report Advisory Board and former EU Commissioner
January 16, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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In some low-income countries, external funding makes up 20-40% of the entire education system. But this funding is at risk.

Find out more from @wwhglobaled.bsky.social on the need to protect #FinancingForLearning

👉 go.ipned.org/jhbu5v

#FundEducation #PoliticalLeadershipForEducation
Global aid for basic education could fall 33% by 2026 - What Works Hub for Global Education
January 15, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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On International #EducationDay 2026, the #GEMReport will launch the 2026 Youth Report 'Lead with youth'.
ℹ️ More info: bit.ly/4qk32ip
➡️ Attend in person: bit.ly/3ZhEJ8U
➡️ Attend online: bit.ly/3NqFIkz
➡️ Join the celebrations: bit.ly/458c9KS
January 14, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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Writing in @unesco.org @gemreport.bsky.social, Harry Kamboni MP explains how Zambia's #FoundationalLearning inquiry will improve learning, and calls on MPs everywhere to ensure #EveryChildLearns

👉 bit.ly/parliaments-...

#BornToLearn #LearningChangesEverything
Our inquiry into the state of foundational learning will be crucial to developing a shared understanding of the problem and ensuring cross-party support for a national effort to improve learning outcomes, says Harry Kamboni MP, Chair of the Committee on Education, Science & Technology, National Assembly of Zambia
January 14, 2026 at 11:35 AM
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The global challenge of quality education for all requires cooperation and solidarity.

Join us on January 22 to mark @ungeneva.bsky.social #EducationDay and the launch of our campaign to renew international #CooperationForEducation.

👉 go.ipned.org/ide-event

#FundEducation #IDE2026
Event poster with photo of boy at school desk
January 12, 2026 at 10:52 AM
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Mobilising political leadership to ensure every child can learn has been central to our work in 2025 🌍

Leaders are taking action, like Ms. Siviwe Gwarube, Minister of Education in 🇿🇦 who reaffirms her #LeadershipForLearning: go.ipned.org/3a66qm

Our work continues in 2026 to ensure #EveryChildLearns
OPINION| A turning point for foundational learning – and a mandate for bold action -
By Siviwe Gwarube November marked a profound shift in global education diplomacy. From the historic G20 Leaders’ Summit held for the first time on African s ...
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December 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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📢NEW MEMBER

We are delighted to announce that Dr. Sudhakar Keshavreddy, Member of Parliament of India, has joined
@ipned.bsky.social.

Thank you for your #PoliticalLeadershipForEducation and welcome to the Network!
December 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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📢NEW MEMBER
We are delighted to announce that Hon Dick Oyugi Maungu, Member of the National Assembly of Kenya, has joined
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Thank you for your #PoliticalLeadershipForEducation and welcome to the Network!
December 15, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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📢NEW MEMBER
We are delighted to announce that Bartoo Phylis Jepkemoi, Member of the National Assembly of Kenya, has joined
@ipned.bsky.social.

Thank you for your #PoliticalLeadershipForEducation and welcome to the Network!
December 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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At the UN's #HumanRights Council, governments are considering a new treaty to make free education, from pre-primary through secondary, *every* child's right.

Listen to why child activists from around the world are supporting it.

#ChildRights #UNHRC
July 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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“It's time to strengthen the right to free education."

On #HumanRightsDay Hon. Conrad Sackey, #SierraLeone's Minister of Education sets out the case for a new human rights treaty on education in Modern Diplomacy. #HumanRightsDay #RightToEducation 👉 go.ipned.org/2tcvil
It’s time to strengthen the right to free education
A new human rights treaty which recognises pre-primary and secondary education as part of the right to education will help accelerate
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December 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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This #HumanRightsDay, we're backing a new UN human rights treaty to strengthen the right to education.

It would enshrine the right to pre-primary and secondary education for every child. Find out more about the proposal and how we're asking MPs to help: go.ipned.org/gd4ds9
Strengthening the right to education — International Parliamentary Network for Education
A new optional protocol makes clear that the right to free education includes the right to free pre-primary and secondary education.
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December 10, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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📢NEW MEMBER
We are delighted to announce that Mary Emaase Otucho, Member of the National Assembly of Kenya, has joined
@ipned.bsky.social.

Thank you for your #PoliticalLeadershipForEducation and welcome to the Network!
December 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Last week, in Kenya, IPNEd met with Education Committees in the Senate and National Assembly, with Usawa Agenda, to strengthen parliamentary action on foundational learning. 🇰🇪

👉 Read more about how Kenyan lawmakers are committing to improving learning: go.ipned.org/gpmq2x

#FoundationalLearning
Kenyan lawmakers commit to improving early learning outcomes — International Parliamentary Network for Education
At meetings with IPNEd’s Executive Director and senior staff, members of the Parliamentary Committees on Education in the Kenyan Senate and National Assembly agreed on the critical importance of drivi...
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December 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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📢NEW MEMBER
We are delighted to announce that Makame Hasnuu Abdulla, Member of the East African Legislative Assembly has joined International Parliamentary Network for Education.

Thank you for your #PoliticalLeadershipForEducation and welcome to the Network!
November 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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📢NEW MEMBER
We are delighted to announce that Hesha Withanage, Member of Parliament of Sri Lanka, has joined @ipned.bsky.social.

Thank you for your #PoliticalLeadershipForEducation and welcome to the Network!
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM