commonwealth education fund
making public schools work for all children
The Commonwealth Education Fund (CEF) was an innovative education partnership delivered by three leading international development organisations: ActionAid, Oxfam GB and Save the Children UK. The CEF project ran from 2002-2008. It was funded by the Department for International Development (DFID), complemented by individual and corporate donations.

The project promoted free primary education for all children. CEF gave advice and funding to education groups in 16 Commonwealth countries. These groups work independently or together in a national coalition to identify and act on the problems that stop children from attending school. To find out more about these issues, please visit our resources page or read about the global crisis in education.

CEF work focused on three objectives. To find out more about these areas of work and CEF partners' activities, please visit the thematic pages using the links below.

       
 

CEF Objective One
strengthening broad-based and democratically run national education coalitions, with active membership across the country, to enable local voices and experiences to influence national-level policy and practice
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CEF Objective Two
ensuring that sufficient financing is available to make public schools work for all girls and boys, and that resources reach where they are most needed. Making the Budget Work for Education: Experiences, Achievements and lessons learned from civil society budget work

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CEF Objective Three
promoting innovative work and using the evidence from this experience to influence policy – and get all excluded children, particularly girls, into public schools.

click here or on the picture on the right to access the exclusion page



 
 

CEF Cross-Cutting Issue:
Gender Equality in Education

click here or on the picture on the right to access the gender page