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ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº and our partners in global education are working together to transform education through the launch of the Foundational Learning Compact (FLC), a multi-donor, umbrella trust fund working to strengthen global and country efforts to improve foundational learning in early childhood, primary and secondary education. Learn how the FLC leverages the World Bank portfolio and provides targeted financing to accelerate foundational learning at scale.

This progress report examines the progress made by the activities under the Foundational Learning Compact (FLC) Multi-Donor Umbrella Trust Fund from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023.

Why are more children with disabilities being left out despite rising global interest in building more inclusive education systems? Learn how the FLC is working with our newest partner, the Scottish Government to address this challenge through the roll-out of Inclusive Education Policy Academy (IEPA), a new World Bank program focused on disability inclusion in education.

This report examines how it is simply not enough to get girls into school. Programs that focus on getting girls into school through scholarships, cash transfers, and stipends improve girls' enrollment outcomes. Teaching and learning-focused programs for girls, such as combating stereotypical gender norms in pedagogy, textbooks, and curriculum, help reduce gender-bias in schools and empower them to reach their full potential.

In late 2023, members from the Global Coalition for Foundational Learning visited Malawi to demonstrate collective support for the government of Malawi's commitment to improve foundational learning at scale. Malawi, like the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa has staggeringly low learning poverty. The coalition members observed 3 things that are beginning to move the dial on learning poverty in Malawi.

The Education Finance Watch (EFW) 2023 updates analyses on trends and patterns of education spending for the past ten years, up to 2021, the second year after the COVID-19 pandemic. As a special theme of this year's volume, the EFW 2023 sheds light on changes in the school-age population and projects its fiscal implications for the upcoming ten years for selected countries.

This progress report examines the progress made by the activities under the Foundational Learning Compact (FLC) Multi-Donor Umbrella Trust Fund from January 2021- September 2022

Reading is the foundation of learning and knowledge for any child. It facilitates the acquisition of new vocabulary, enhances comprehension, and opens up new worlds to young students.

This report zooms into what lies behind the success or failure of teacher policies: how teachers experience these policies, and how systems scale and sustain these policies.