Press Release: EU commits to ensuring basic education for every child by 2030

The European Commission has confirmed its commitment to making education more equal and of a higher quality in the Development agenda beyond 2015 through continued financial support, during a High level event in Brussels.

Development Commissioner, Andris Piebalgs, will announce that at least 20% of the 2014-2020 aid budget is foreseen for human development and social inclusion, education being a main component of it. As much as €2.5 billion will be mobilised for education, confirming it as a priority for EU development post-2015. At least €1.5 billion will go to the future Erasmus for All programme (an academic exchange programme between EU and overseas universities, which has helped pupils improve their education by gaining experience of studying abroad).

• Primary Source

European Commission: Rapid: SPEECH/13/439: Opening Remarks at EU Conference on Education http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-13-439_en.htm

European Commission: Rapid: SPEECH/13/461: Improving the well-being of citizens by improving literacy http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-13-461_en.htm

Council of the European Union: Press Release, A/264/13: Remarks by EU High Representative Catherine Ashton at the EU High Level Conference on the Education and Development http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/137261.pdf

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