PARIS, July 10 (Xinhua) — The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) warned on Friday that international aid to education is declining sharply while rising debt service payments are increasingly squeezing education budgets in many developing countries.
New research released by UNESCO at the Transforming Education Summit +4 (TES+4) showed that education is receiving a shrinking share of global development assistance. Education accounted for just 7.5 percent of total official development assistance in 2024, the lowest level in two decades.
UNESCO projects that total global aid to education could fall by up to 30 percent between 2023 and 2027. Low- and lower-middle-income countries face an annual…