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THE United Nations warned yesterday that British aid money funding private education in developing countries leads to substandard state schools for poorer children.
The UN committee on the rights of the child (CRC) released an unprecedented statement condemning the funding of a for-profit chain of schools called Bridge International Academies, which operates in Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria and India.
According to its website, Bridge is also bankrolled by tech tycoons Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg as well as venture capitalists and the World Bank.
With 170,000 children living in poverty in north-east England and teachers leaving in droves over 20 per cent real-terms pay cuts since 2010, all while private companies siphon off billions, it is time to unite and fight for education, writes MATT WRACK
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