Agreement to support education projects in Qatar
Date
5/20/2015 12:40:11 AM
(MENAFN- Gulf Times) Education Above All Foundation (EAA) chairperson HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser and South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se yesterday attended an agreement signing between EAA and Korea International Co-operation Agency (Koica).
The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the World Education Forum which convenes representatives from the education community across the world to agree the post-2015 global education agenda.
The purpose of the agreement is to provide a strategic framework within which Koica and Educate A Child (EAC), a global programme of EAA, will support the implementation of education projects around the world.
These will aim to accelerate the enrolment and retention of out of school children in quality primary education. In particular the projects will focus on enabling refugees and internally displaced children to realise their right to a quality primary education.
Joint efforts will include designing and implementing advocacy and communications activities in order to raise awareness of the urgency to provide access to education to the 58mn children who remain out of school.
The cost estimation for the three-year agreement is $20mn, which Koica and EAA have committed to share in equal measure.
Commenting on the agreement with EAA, Young-mok Kim, president of Koica, said: "Education is a fundamental human right and the importance of education for development is confirmed again at the World Education Forum 2015 today. Despite the remarkable progress since 2000, still 130mn children struggle to read, write or do basic math while 58mn out-of-school children remain deprived of educational opportunities. Koica works in more than 70 countries to achieve inclusive growth through quality education."
He said: "The collaboration with Education Above All Foundation agreed today is particularly meaningful in our strenuous efforts to make education every person's right and to help create a virtuous cycle of inclusive growth."
Marcio Barbosa, CEO, EAA, said: "This week marks a decisive moment for the global education community, as policy makers, government and UN officials gather at the World Education Forum in Incheon to discuss the education agenda for the next 15 years. EAA advocates for the 58mn out of school children to remain an item of priority in the next education goal, which can be reached through innovative and committed partnerships between all stakeholders, including governments, NGOs, the private sector and private philanthropists.
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