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	answer has question	tFXch4On
	answer has answering person	Wendy Morton
	answer text	<p>Ensuring 12 years of quality education for all children, especially girls, remains a UK priority. As the effects of the COVID-19 crisis play out, the socio-economic impact on girls has become increasingly clear, with the education of poor girls in particular being disproportionately affected.</p><p>The UK’s response to the pandemic entails mitigating short term risks by focussing on safety, nutrition, wellbeing and learning whilst schools are closed; and supporting countries to protect and maintain education budgets and work towards reopen schools safely in the longer term.</p><p>DFID is adapting its bilateral education programmes in 18 countries. The Global Partnership for Education, to which the UK is the largest donor, is flexing over £200 million to support education sector stability in response to the pandemic. We have also announced further funding to support emergency education in fragile contexts.</p>
	answer given date	2020-06-02
	answer has answering body	Department for International Development
	written answer has answering body	Department for International Development
Department for International Development	answering body has written answer	nbxwdRAM
Department for International Development	answering body has answer	nbxwdRAM
tFXch4On	question has answer	nbxwdRAM
Wendy Morton	answering person has answer	nbxwdRAM