Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to convene with civil society organisations and education ministers from other governments on developing an international strategy for global learning.

Foundational learning for all (numeracy, literacy and socio-emotional learning) is crucial to make progress in school, attain higher order skills, and reap education's full rewards. The UK works with civil society and education ministers from other governments to address the global learning crisis through The Global Coalition for Foundational Learning. The Global Coalition is working together to ensure that we meet undertakings set out in the 2022 Commitment to Action on Foundational Learning. This includes national governments committing to reducing by half, by 2030, the global share of children unable to read and understand a simple text by age ten, and to take urgent and decisive action to do so. 32 countries and 34 organisations, including civil society, have signed the commitment to action to date.