BY THE OFFICE OF GORDON AND SARAH BROWN
A combination of easy-access technology, greater connectivity and innovations in education delivery will help marginalised children and “remain key” to solving a growing youth skills gap, says Sarah Brown.
Global business leaders last month joined forces to provide access to cut-price technology that will improve school system effectiveness and learning outcomes for some of the 330 million girls and boys around the world who lack basic skills for the knowledge economy of the future.
The Global Business Coalition for Education (GBC-Education) – a coalition of 140 companies including Avanti, Hewlett Packard, 2-Track Solutions and Safe Buses – announced its first instalment of $15million offers as part of a three-year technology pledge at the Global Partnership for Education’s funding conference in Senegal. Rest