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

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

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

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

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

📢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!

📢NEW MEMBER We are delighted to announce that Hon Dick Oyugi Maungu, Member of the National Assembly of Kenya, has joined @ipned.bsky.social. Thank you for your #PoliticalLeadershipForEducation and welcome to the Network!

📢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!

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

“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

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

📢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!

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

📢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!

📢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!

MPs warn UK education aid cuts threaten global stability. Debate highlights 83% drop in education ODA since 2016, risking classrooms & futures worldwide. APPG calls this a “false choice” vs defence & diplomacy. Read more👉https://go.ipned.org/8af4xx #PoliticalLeadershipForEducation

Political commitment to foundational learning is rising across Africa, but lasting progress needs broad societal support. IPNEd’s panel at ADEA Triennale, Ghana showcased how parliamentarians, CSOs & grassroots initiatives drive change. Read more 👉https://go.ipned.org/8af4xx #FoundationalLearning

📢NEW MEMBER We are delighted to announce that Alex Antonio Paredes Gonzales of the National Congress of the Republic of Peru, has joined @ipned.bsky.social . ¡Gracias por su #LiderazgoPolíticoParaLaEducación y bienvenidos a la Red!

📢NEW MEMBER We are delighted to announce that Istvan Hiller of the National Assembly of Hungary, has joined @ipned.bsky.social. Thank you for your #PoliticalLeadershipForEducation and welcome to the Network!

"When I sat in that classroom and saw the magnitude of the challenge, it woke me up," shared Hon. Kamboni MP in Zambia. He calls on MPs worldwide to join his action for #FoundationalLearning. Read his interview on the sidelines of the #ADEATriennale in Accra, Ghana: go.ipned.org/a79tvi

Thank you to everyone who attended today's event at the @ipuparliament.bsky.social Assembly #IPU151 in Geneva today! Inspiring to hear from so many parliamentarians and other speakers on what lawmakers can do to protect #EducationInEmergencies. @ipned.bsky.social Full report to follow!

Writing from the @ipuparliament.bsky.social Assembly in #Geneva, @folketinget.dk member Kris Skriver calls for renewed global solidarity in response to humanitarian crises & more support to ensure that children in emergencies receive an education. 👉 go.ipned.org/n718s5 #IP151 #EiE #SDG4

🇿🇲🎉 One of the first parliamentary inquiries into foundational learning in #Africa has been adopted unanimously in the Zambian National Assembly, by the Committee on #Education "We are serious about ensuring all children learn," shared Chair Kamboni MP. Read more here: go.ipned.org/8e3re2

Political prioritisation of foundational learning is increasing in Zambia 🇿🇲 Last week, we joined Hon. Harry Kamboni MP, Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Education, on a visit to his constituency to see a literacy and numeracy class in action 📚 Read more about the visit: go.ipned.org/13mvc4

Driving public demand for #FoundationalLearning is essential to building #PoliticalCommitment to the issue. 🔊 A new toolkit by Prof Iqani at Stellenbosch University helps advocates do just that by outlining key strategies for effective campaigns. 🔗 Read more: go.ipned.org/akuhao

Writing in the @hindustan-times.bsky.social former UK Schools Minister, Sir Nick Gibb reflects on the Indian government's drive to improve early grade reading & math, & identifies two lessons for taking learning improvement to scale. #LearningChangesEverything www.hindustantimes.com/ht-insight/k...

4 years after the Taliban took power in Afghanistan, it is the only place in the world where women & adolescent girls are banned from education. IPNEd calls for renewed action in four areas to protect rights, including to education in Afghanistan. 👉http://go.ipned.org/abw5bs #LetAfghanGirlsLearn

The Taliban’s ban on female education includes medical training. With restrictions on the treatment of women by male doctors, this adversely impacts women’s health. Read about a female student’s plea to return to nursing school. 👉 go.ipned.org/0rh9s5 @who.int @hrw.org #LetAfghanGirlsLearn

In advance of the 4th anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, former member of the Afghan national assembly, @mariamistan.bsky.social, talks about the ongoing violation of women's & girls' rights, including education. 👉 go.ipned.org/izf7x6 #LetAfghanGirlsLearn @ipuparliament.bsky.social

Writing for the @g20org.bsky.social's official engagement group, #IPNEd's @joseph-nhanoreilly.bsky.social, HCA's Dr. Oby Ezekwesili & ADEA's Albert Nsengimana share why foundational skills matter & how the #G20SouthAfrica can improve early literacy & numeracy. t20southafrica.org/commentaries...

Writing in The @the-independent.com, #IPNEd member & @appgglobaled.bsky.social Co-Chair @bambosmp.bsky.social MP reveals that a @fcdoinclusion.bsky.social programme in #DRC, which has enabled thousands of girls to go to school for the first time, will be axed. #PoliticalLeadershipForLearning

"The consequences of inaction are dire, but the opportunity to act is within our reach." - @Oolusegun_obj, Nigeria's Former President 🌍 Parliamentarians must act now to invest in education & #EnsureEveryChildLearns. 🔗 Learn how leaders can act: go.ipned.org/uv2fdc

New research by the Center for Global Development shows strong economic returns when children learn foundational literacy & numeracy in primary school. Prioritising the basics amidst reduced budgets is key, and #PoliticalLeadershipForLearning is at the heart. Read more: go.ipned.org/9c417j

National momentum across Tanzania is growing to provide nutritious #SchoolMeals for every child. 🇹🇿 Neema Lugangira MP is behind this local drive, & is championing school meals internationally. Read more in our #ParliamentaryActionForEducation series: go.ipned.org/gt4538 @lshtm.bsky.social

In the face of budget constraints, Minister of Basic Education in #SouthAfrica, Siviwe Gwarube MP, asked herself: "What is the one thing that gives every child a fair chance?" Her answer: #Literacy 📝 Listen to her interview from Oxford Policy Pod at @blavatnikschool.bsky.social: go.ipned.org/211s79

“Education is a long-term investment.” In a new #WorldEducationBlog, MEP György Hölvényi urges donors to treat the education funding crisis as a chance to rebuild trust and reform aid. Read his call to action: bit.ly/4nqx8Qi #FundEducation #SDG4 #FFD4 @europarl.europa.eu ‪‪I @ipned.bsky.social

NEW GEM Report reveals that education aid is set to fall by a quarter by 2027. This risks reversing progress and leaving more children out of school. Donor parliaments must prioritise, protect & grow education financing. 🔗: go.ipned.org/q2a1ey

No child should be left without quality education — including those w/ disabilities. @mikelakemp.bsky.social is committed to this & using his role as parliamentarian in Canada to #EnsureEveryChildLearns. Read more: www.ipned.org/news-and-views/promoting-disability-inclusive-education-globally

🌍 Join us online on Monday 30 June to celebrate #WorldParliamentDay and hear from 5 members of parliament taking action on education worldwide! See the link for the full list of speakers and topics ⬇️ Register here: go.ipned.org/av6znv Spanish and French interpretation will be available.

Celebrities, entrepreneurs, writers, MPs, charities, & voters are fighting to protect global education from UK aid cuts. Malala, Annie Lennox OBE, Myleene Klass OBE & others now petition the PM “not to step back” from supporting girl's education. Read more ➡️ go.ipned.org/mp182o

Corporal punishment was outlawed in #Thailand in March this year, & Patsarin Ramwong was one of the MPs who ensured this ➡️ Sign up to hear more from Ms. Ramwong MP at our event this #WorldParliamentDay (30 June): go.ipned.org/av6znv Read more: go.ipned.org/j3rgdx #PoliticalLeadershipForEducation

A girl’s future shouldn’t depend on a budget line. The UK once led the world in supporting education for girls. Now, with aid cuts announced, that legacy is under threat. Dozens of influential voices – including Malala, Myleene Klass, Annie Lennox – are calling on the Prime Minister to act.

The UK once led the world in supporting education for girls. @malala.bsky.social, Annie Lennox, Siobhán McSweeney & many other high-profile supporters are urging Keir Starmer not to abandon the world's poorest children. Read their letter to 10 Downing Street. 👉https://go.ipned.org/wt3lww

We're appreciative of @meng.house.gov's efforts to ensure global access to quality education through the bipartisan #READAct. Looking forward to this event.

Much is possible when parliamentarians work cross-party and cross-house — like 🇳🇬 Mark Useni MP and Senator Adamu Lawal, who are working to extend Nigeria’s Basic Education Act and increase #EducationFinancing. 📅 Sign up to hear more this #WorldParliamentDay (30 June): go.ipned.org/ii88ag

🇺🇲 Rep. @meng.house.gov has worked to ensure a 5-year extension of the 2017 bipartisan #READAct, recommitting the USA to ensuring more children are in school and learning foundational skills. 📅 Find out more & hear her speak this #WorldParliamentDay (Mon 30 June): go.ipned.org/0t1y8f

A new report from @eiegenevahub.bsky.social shows that #ActingAhead of crises can save lives, reduce costs, and more effectively spend scarce resources. Most importantly, it allows children to remain in school when hazards strike. www.ipned.org/news-and-vie...

🏫Aisha Adams MP builds a girls’ hostel and school block in Changali Village. 🚲 She gives out 120 bikes for safer transport. 📅 Read more & register to hear her speak this #WorldParliamentDay (Mon 30 June) about supporting girls to stay in school. 🔗go.ipned.org/32avae #EducationForAll

🗺️Samuel B. Lotti MP in South Sudan is improving school infrastructure & hiring teachers in his rural constituency. 📅 Learn more and join us this #WorldParliamentDay (13:00 GMT+1 Mon 30 June) to hear how he’s making change. 🔗 go.ipned.org/23g3xp

🍽️ IPNEd welcomes the news that the UK Government will serve free school meals to 500,000 more pupils getting Universal Credit. 📉100,000 could be lifted from poverty 🌍Now we urge the UK to over 100 countries committed to the Global School Meals Coalition Read more: www.ipned.org/news-and-vie...