WE DON'T JUST BELIEVEIN A WONDERFUL WORLD. WE WORK ON IT.

ZAIN'S BUSINESS BACKS EDUCATION"FRAMEWORK

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Business Backs Education challengesthe private sector to:

By 2020: Commitat least 20% of CSR

budgets towardseducation initiatives

2x global businessCSR spending

Quality education Global citizenship

Educator development21st century skills

THAT IS WHY ZAIN ADOPTS THE GLOBALLY RECOGNIZED “BUSINESS BACKS EDUCATION” (BBE) FRAMEWORK, WHICH SEEKS THE SUPPORT OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR FOR EDUCATION-RELATED INITIATIVES

LET'S MAKE SURE THOSE HANDS ARE CARRYING BOOKS.

THE FUTURE OF OUR WONDERFUL WORLDIS IN THE HANDS OF OUR CHILDREN.

HERE ARE THE FACTS:

WITH NO EMPLOYABLE SKILLS.

200MILLION

LEAVE

children don’t have primary or secondary education.

cannot read, write, or count.

132MILLION

250MILLION

$26 BILLION

GAPIN BASIC

EDUCATIONFUNDING

HEALTHCARE FUNDING

16X GREATER

THAN

EDUCATIONFUNDING

A SKILLEDAND EDUCATED

WORKFORCEIS ESSENTIALTO SOCIETY

The “Business Backs Education” advocacy campaign was launched at the Global Education& Skills Forum in March 2014 by President Bill Clinton, together with Co-chairs Jim Hagemann-Snabe, former CEO of SAP, and Majid Jafar, CEO of Crescent Petroleum.The campaign is led by the Varkey GEMS Foundation, UNESCO, and Dubai Cares underthe auspices of the Global Education and Skills Forum.