The Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act is finally getting the support it needs from the US Congress. The Act was introduced by two representatives of the House, Hakeem Jeffries and Ann Wagner to the House Foreign Affairs Committee on September 26, 2019, to increase gender equality in education for the benefit of Pakistani females.
A Bangladeshi school has taken a wonderful, unique initiative in by launching the “two-taka bank.” The bank which was launched in January 2019, has to this day helped 80 school children.
Vows by international leaders to raise global education standards by 2030 are unlikely to be fulfilled, warns the United Nations’ education agency. According to UNESCO, the current trends highlight that 30 percent of adults and 20 percent of youngsters will still be illiterate in poor countries. Moreover, almost 262 million youngsters had no access to school in sub-Saharan Africa according to the UNESCO report, which highlights how the international community has failed altogether to raise the bar of global education.