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Developing Countries: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of developing a national strategy for global education.

answeredClaire HannaForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 25 Jul 2024
Target answer date: 29 Jul 2024
Answer: 2 Aug 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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25 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of developing a national strategy for global education.
29 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Aug 2024
Answer published
Access to education for all is a priority for the FCDO. Education supports a country's economic growth and enables children to live lives where they have a wider range of choices. Since 2015, the UK has ensured 19.8 million children have received a decent...

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