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House of Commons · Ministers' Questions

Covid-19: Education for Girls

Wednesday 29 April 2020 · 3 questions

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Key points

  • The Government are committed to ensuring girls receive 12 years of quality education worldwide, responding to the pandemic by supporting multilateral education programmes and the UK Girls' Education Challenge.
  • Parents are recognised as a key success factor in children's learning globally, with UK aid programmes focusing on educating parents about the benefits of education to incomes and addressing cost and time barriers.
  • School closures due to the pandemic have affected 1.5 billion children globally, putting disadvantaged girls at risk of dropping out of education permanently.

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Q1 Marco Longhi Con Dudley South
Education Foreign Affairs
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The UK Government's commitment to ensuring that girls throughout the world receive 12 years of quality education.

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What assessment has been made of the effect of the covid-19 pandemic on this Government's commitment to ensure that girls receive 12 years of quality education throughout the world?

Answer from Anne-Marie Trevelyan (The Secretary of State for International Development)

The Government are steadfast in our commitment to ensuring that girls throughout the world receive 12 years of quality education. As well as supporting multilateral education programmes, the UK Girls' Education Challenge is responding to the current pandemic, working so that schools can reopen without further delay when it is safe to do so.

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Q2 Marco Longhi Con Dudley South
Education Children & Families
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Key factors impacting on children's education, such as parental understanding of the value of education.

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Does my right hon. Friend agree that parents' understanding of the value of education is a key success factor impacting on children's education whether in Dudley or Malawi? If so, what is the Government's approach in relation to that specific point?

Answer from Anne-Marie Trevelyan (The Secretary of State for International Development)

Parents are a key success factor in children's learning around the world. UK aid programmes draw on evidence showing school attendance and learning can improve when parents know about education benefits to incomes, and we address cost and time barriers to promote teachers' vital role.

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Q3 Yasmin Qureshi Lab Bolton South East
Education Women & Equalities
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Rohingya refugees living in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh with cramped conditions and high population density.

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The impact of the Ebola crisis showed how infectious diseases can affect women disproportionately. In Bangladesh, nearly 1 million Rohingya live in cramped conditions in Cox's Bazar, with 70,000 people per square kilometre. How will this tiny area suffer from lack of education and rise in gender-based violence?

Answer from Anne-Marie Trevelyan (The Secretary of State for International Development)

1.5 billion children have been removed from school due to the crisis, putting disadvantaged girls at risk of dropping out permanently. School closures reduce learning hours significantly, especially for disadvantaged children. Prior to this, 258 million children globally were already out of school—over half are girls. We will continue to prioritise education as part of the international response.

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