Summary

This document provides an overview of AusAID's efforts to promote education in developing countries.

Description

Promoting opportunities for all is one of the five strategic goals of Australia's aid program. In education this means enabling more children, particularly girls, to attend school for a longer and better education so they have the skills to build their own futures and, in time, escape poverty. Education is an enabler of development and crucial to helping people overcome poverty. Education makes a significant difference to improving equity, health, empowering women, governance and sustainable development.

Australia has three pillars for our investment in education:

1. Improving access to basic education opportunities for all so that children and youth complete a basic education
2. Improving learning outcomes so that children and youth achieve the basic skills necessary for productive lives
3. Driving development through better governance and service delivery so that partner governments support quality education for all.

Australia will base its investments in education on what works, is effective aid and achieves results. Australia will provide a mix of support, enhancing partnerships with partner governments, multilateral organisations, NGOs, civil society organisations and the private sector. Our geographic focus will continue to be on Asia and the Pacific.

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