World Children's Relief » http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=47233 http://www.worldchildrensrelief.org/blog Executive Director's blog Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:57:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 The World Economic Forum on Africa just met, Education on the Agenda http://www.worldchildrensrelief.org/blog/the-world-economic-forum-on-africa-just-met-education-on-the-agenda/ http://www.worldchildrensrelief.org/blog/the-world-economic-forum-on-africa-just-met-education-on-the-agenda/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:45:51 +0000 admin http://www.worldchildrensrelief.org/blog/the-world-economic-forum-on-africa-just-met-education-on-the-agenda/ Salim Vally, senior researcher at the University of the Witwatersrand’s Education Policy Unit, says the education and health systems are in dire need of a bailout from the continents’ governments.

“Bailing out private business is rewarding precisely those who are putting us in the present predicament. Early childhood development and good quality public education are essential for society to make any kind of development, and that is where any resources should be put,” he says.

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