The fifth International Day of Education  (24 January 2023) will be celebrated under the theme “to invest in people, prioritize education”. Building on the global momentum generated by the UN Transforming Education Summit in September 2022, this year’s Day will call for maintaining strong political mobilization around education and chart the way to translate commitments and global initiatives into action. Education must be prioritized to accelerate progress towards all the Sustainable Development Goals against the backdrop of a global recession, growing inequalities and the climate crisis.

Without inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong opportunities for all, countries will not succeed in achieving gender equality and breaking the cycle of poverty that is leaving millions of children, youth and adults behind.

As Nelson Mandela reminds us:

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world

Did you know?

• The World Bank estimated In low- and middle-income countries “learning poverty” stands at 53%, while for the poorest countries, this is 80% on average.
• In Fragile, Conflict and Violence (FCV) countries, girls are 2.5 times more likely to be out of school than boys, and at the secondary level, are 90% more likely to be out of secondary school than those in non-FCV contexts.
• An estimated 246 million children experience violence in and around school every year, ending school-related gender-based violence is critical.
• By 2030, an additional 68.8 million teachers will need to be recruited just for primary and secondary: 20 million are required to expand access to primary and secondary school and 49 million are needed to replace those who leave the workforce.

Find out how World Vision is helping to make a difference and ensure Education is accessible

• Check out World Vision's new innovative Catch Up Programme where World Vision is focusing upon catch-up learning as a strategy to support children aged 6-9 who experienced disruption to their education and need a targeted intervention to ‘catch-up’ and continue, start or re-enter school. 

Useful Tools to help make Education fun:

• Playful Parenting Booklets - Ideas for parents and caregivers to support their young child's physical, cognitive and social-emotional development, divided into helpful sections based on a young child's developmental milestones.
• Guides for Toys, Games and Other Learning Resources - Ideas to promote fun into - literacy, numeracy, physical, and socio-emotional development.

• World Vision Remedial Education - Teachers Handbook in English and Arabic