According to the joint report by GPE, UNICEF, and the World Bank, it is estimated that half of the world's poor children are out-of-school and they will be forced to live in fragile and conflict-affected contexts by 2018.

A three-day Pan-African Symposium on Education, Resilience and Social Cohesion was held in Ethiopia to emphasize the potential of education as a social service to reduce violent conflict and contribute to social cohesion and sustainable peace.

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