Media Advisory - Education for All

OTTAWA, June 7 /CNW Telbec/ - The Policy Action Group on Learning releases Education for All: What would it take to become a success? at the International Economic Forum of the Americas/Conference of Montreal

    
    What:  The release of Education for All: What would it take to become a
           success? The report will examine the way forward for education
           globally.

    Who:   Paul Cappon, President and CEO, Canadian Council on Learning and
           Chair, Policy Action Group on Learning of the Commission on
           Globalisation
           Paul Gérin-Lajoie, Founding Chairman, Fondation Paul Gérin-Lajoie

    When:  June 8, 2010
           4:30 p.m.

    Where: Hilton Montreal Bonaventure Hotel
           900 rue de la Gauchetière Ouest, Montreal
           International Economic Forum of the Americas/Conference of
           Montreal
    

The Policy Action Group on Learning (PAG-L) was created by the Commission on Globalisation in 2001. The report presented by PAG-L will review and assess the progress that has been made on the six principal objectives set by the World Education Forum to achieve Education for All (EFA) by 2015. EFA was also one of the Millennium Development Goals established in 2000. EFA aims to ensure that everyone has the right to receive an education.

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