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<p>The education of over 1.3 billion children in over 150 countries has been disrupted
since COVID-19 struck.</p><p>The UK is committed to ensuring children around the world
return to school when it is safe to do so. We have adapted our bilateral education
programmes in 18 countries in response to the pandemic and have stepped up funding
for education including a £5 million uplift to the Education Cannot Wait fund for
emergency education in fragile contexts, and £5.3 million of new funding to UNHCR
to enable over 5500 teachers to provide vital education for children in 10 refugee-hosting
countries over the crucial next seven months. As the largest donor to the Global Partnership
for Education we have helped set up a dedicated $500 million COVID-19 accelerated
funding window to maintain basic education. We are working closely with UNICEF's Reopening
Better Campaign, both globally and in country.</p><p>The UK, along with Kenya, will
host next year's replenishment of the Global Partnership for Education, the major
global fund for education. This will be a key moment, with UK leadership, to mobilise
much needed commitments on this agenda.</p>
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