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10/04/2006
£8.5bn in aid pledges for African and Asian schools
Chancellor Gordon Brown has announced plans to spend at least £8.5 billion on aid for education in Africa and Asia.
The funding plan will run for ten years and will help fund education plans in some of the world's poorest countries.
The plans were announced during a visit by Mr Brown and International Development Secretary Hilary Benn to Mozambique for the launch of a new global campaign on children's education.
Speaking during a visit to a school in Mozambique, the Chancellor said: "In 2005, Make Poverty History forced governments to make promises on aid. Now, in 2006 it is time for us to keep our promises. None is more important than the Millennium Development Goal that by 2015 every one of the world's children is able to go to school."
In 2005, the international community agreed to provide an extra $50 billion a year in aid.
Based on developing countries' own ambitious 10-year plans to meet the education MDGs, donor countries will be urged to provide the long-term, predictable funding necessary to finance these plans.
Also speaking in Mozambique, Hilary Benn, said: "Education is a basic human right and to get every child into school we need more investment. Working with developing countries, through increased commitment from the UK, will help train more teachers, build more classrooms and give more children the best start in life."
(KMcA)
The funding plan will run for ten years and will help fund education plans in some of the world's poorest countries.
The plans were announced during a visit by Mr Brown and International Development Secretary Hilary Benn to Mozambique for the launch of a new global campaign on children's education.
Speaking during a visit to a school in Mozambique, the Chancellor said: "In 2005, Make Poverty History forced governments to make promises on aid. Now, in 2006 it is time for us to keep our promises. None is more important than the Millennium Development Goal that by 2015 every one of the world's children is able to go to school."
In 2005, the international community agreed to provide an extra $50 billion a year in aid.
Based on developing countries' own ambitious 10-year plans to meet the education MDGs, donor countries will be urged to provide the long-term, predictable funding necessary to finance these plans.
Also speaking in Mozambique, Hilary Benn, said: "Education is a basic human right and to get every child into school we need more investment. Working with developing countries, through increased commitment from the UK, will help train more teachers, build more classrooms and give more children the best start in life."
(KMcA)
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