Events Database

28 historical macro events · 2010–today

Filtered by:universal primary education✕ clear
DateEvent
Sep 27, 12Ban Ki-moon's new education initiative must emphasise teaching and targets
Sep 21, 12Education prospects bleak for children in war-torn Mali
Aug 15, 12Most children in Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya fail literacy and numeracy tests
Jul 20, 12Zeroes to heroes: Madonna's defunct school in Malawi to become cemetery
Jul 4, 12Girls match boys for primary school enrolment in poor countries
Jul 3, 12Pearson to invest in low-cost private education in Africa and Asia
Jun 25, 12What's life like at Ghana's Millennium Village Project?
May 18, 12UK aid for education in east Africa is failing
Apr 24, 12Zimbabwe's resettled farmers struggle to educate their children
Apr 23, 12Children in school is not enough – they must learn something there
Apr 3, 12You can't put a price-tag on literacy
Mar 27, 12Thailand takes first steps on long road to inclusive mainstream education
Mar 15, 12BAE finally pays out £29.5m for educational projects in Tanzania
Mar 9, 12Gordon Brown launches campaign to reduce number of child brides
Feb 22, 12India's education malaise has all the hallmarks of a development disaster
Dec 28, 11Universal primary education by 2015? Not without some innovative financing
Dec 1, 11UK MPs urge Tanzania to prosecute over bribery allegations in BAE deal
Nov 11, 11Philippines: a lesson on education
Oct 31, 11Global development voices: Africa's teachers
Aug 9, 11Education in Katine
Jul 22, 11BAE urged to pay £29.5m fine to Tanzania
May 20, 11Gordon Brown makes IMF pitch as race to succeed Strauss-Kahn intensifies
Mar 15, 11India pioneers volunteer-led assessment of educational standards
Feb 24, 11Afghan girls' education backsliding as donors shift focus to withdrawal
Sep 19, 10Millennium Development Goals: Unesco struggles to meet target to educate 70m children out of poverty
Jul 9, 10Africa's education efforts hampered by decline in western aid
Feb 23, 10Lack of transparency undermining primary education in Africa
Jan 20, 10Recession is crippling hope for universal primary education, UN warns