Just when a final push is needed to achieve universal primary education by 2015, G8 donors are reducing aid.

When donating aid, donor countries should prioritise basic rather than higher education.

Global education needs a strong philanthropist leader like Bill Gates to avoid stagnation and decline.

By the end of 2016, Spain plans to cut back its aid to 29 of the 50 countries that it currently supports.

There is a need to draw attention to unacceptable levels of education inequality across countries and between groups.