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The international development goal of reducing by one half the proportion of people living in extreme poverty will not be achievable by 2015 unless greater numbers of people are able to develop and utilise knowledge and skills necessary for their own development.

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Education Research Programme Consortia 2005 - 2010

The call for Expressions of Interest (EoIs) for new education research consortia, has resulted in three RPCs starting in late 2005. Each of the education RPCs will receive approximately £500,000 a year for up to five years, including an inception phase.

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Research Programme Consortia (RPC) Awarded in July 2005: Education

• Theme 1 - Improving Access to Education
• Theme 2 - Improving the Quality of Education
• Theme 3 - Improving Educational Outcomes

These research programmes build on earlier DFID funded Education Research Projects which were based on six themes:

Theme 1 - Policy and Strategy (Education for All)

Theme 2 - Education / Labour Market Links (Skills for Development)

Theme 3 - Technologies and Distance Learning

Theme 4 - Gender

Theme 5 - HIV/AIDS

Theme 6 - Access and Education for Marginalised Groups

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