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<p>DFID’s priority areas in education are to improve learning, to reach all children
– especially those in fragile states - and to keep girls in school and learning. The
UK is one of the biggest bilateral donors to basic education in low income countries.
Between 2010 and 2015 DFID supported 11 million children in school across 21 countries,
7.5 million of them in countries considered to be fragile. DFID has again pledged
to support 11 million girls and boys with a decent education between 2015 and 2020.
In addition, by 2017, our flagship £355 million Girls’ Education Challenge will enable
up to 1 million of the world’s most marginalised girls to benefit from an education
of sufficient quality to help transform their lives, including in countries such as
Somalia and South Sudan.</p><p>DFID is also supporting initiatives to improve how
the international community provides education in emergencies, including conflicts.
This includes leadership to establish the ‘No Lost Generation Initiative’ (NLGI) in
2013 to prevent the loss of an entire generation of children to the effects of violence
and displacement in the Syria conflict. As part of this support, the UK has allocated
£115 million to provide protection, psychosocial support and education for children
affected by the crisis in Syria. As a result, over 251,000 children have received
formal and informal education inside Syria and in the region, allowing them to catch
up on lost learning time and perform well in public school examinations. In addition,
a key outcome of the recent ‘Supporting Syria and the Region Conference’, held in
London on 4 February, is the commitment that, by the end of the 2016/17 school year,1.7
million children – all refugee children and vulnerable children in host communities
– will be in quality education with equal access for girls and boys.</p><p>Ahead of
the World Humanitarian Summit in May, DFID is also working with partners to improve
how education is delivered globally in humanitarian and protracted crises.</p>
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