Third world schools

The chancellor has pledged £8.5bn towards providing free education for children in the world's poorest countries.

Gordon Brown was on Monday visiting Mozambique where he was backing a drive to meet the millennium development goal of offering every child a school place by 2015.

Britain's contribution to the programme will be paid over 10 years, but the long term commitment means the Department for International Development is set to emerge as one of the few significant winners from the next comprehensive spending review.

In total £55.6bn is thought to be needed to get 100 million children into schools. 

 

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