Kenya and Britain have urged the rest of the world to come up with practical actions at the ongoing Global Education Summit in London.
Speaking at the opening of the Summit, Foreign Ministers Rachel Omamo (Kenya) and Dominic Raab (UK) said that global partnership in enhancing education is critical.
They said that in the 9-month GPE campaign, Kenya and UK reached out to partners to invest in education to build back after the pandemic.
They noted that GPE is a platform for partners to state their commitment to education adding that it was a key partnership model to raise urgently needed domestic and international education financing.
Omamo said that the GPE campaign gave an opportunity to students all over the world to voice their concerns on education.
"Education isn't just an expense. It's a valuable investment in the next generation. Education expands freedoms and choices," Omamo said on Thursday.
Raab emphasised the need to enhance girls' education while lauding Kenya for achieving gender parity in education.
"We believe that educating girls is the biggest game-changer in global education policy," Raab said.
He added that the UK believes that more can be achieved when people work together and this was the reason Britain had partnered with Kenya.
"We are determined to build on this progress and to increase funding for girls’ education, particularly as we recover from the pandemic, and strive to recover the lost schooling that it caused," Raab said.
