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Through the innovative efforts of new energies engineer, Abul Hasanat Mohammed Rezwan, girls who live in the remote Chalanbeel region, who were previously excluded from access to education because their parents couldn't afford it (or because they did not want the girls to leave the village) are now being educated on a daily basis in floating solar powered classrooms! Girls are also receiving rights based education through the Girl Children's Rights Association, a distance education programme that provides information to girls and young women on topics such as domestic abuse, child trafficking and prostitution.

National body in Scotland responsible for the development, accreditation, assessment, and certification of qualifications other than degrees.

There are many reasons to provide a free, basic education to children. Education enhances lives, and helps end generational cycles of poverty and disease. But at its core, education is a fundamental human right, which should be extended all children, girls and boys, regardless of where they live.

Education is an integral part of the human development agenda of the Commonwealth.