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<p>Ensuring 12 years of quality education for all children, especially girls, is a
UK priority, particularly in responding to the COVID 19 pandemic. This entails mitigating
short term risks by focussing on safety, nutrition, wellbeing and learning whilst
schools are closed; and supporting countries to protect and maintain education budgets
in the longer term.</p><p>DFID is adapting its bilateral education programmes in 18
countries. The UK has announced £20 million for the UN Children’s Fund crisis appeal,
which includes education, and a further £5 million to the Education Cannot Wait fund
to support emergency education in fragile contexts. The Global Partnership for Education,
to which the UK is the largest donor, is flexing over £200 million to support education
sector stability in response to the pandemic.</p>
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