Global Schools Forum supports non-state education organisations in low- and middle-income countries to innovate, deepen impact, and achieve scale.

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A Global Community

Global Schools Forum (GSF) is a vibrant global community of schools, school networks, education support organisations, entrepreneurs, innovators, and funders. With a focus on locally-generated evidence, GSF raises the voice of it's community within global education policy discourse—connecting local operators’ on-the-ground expertise to global leaders, funders, and decision-makers.

230+ Organisations

70+ Countries

163m Children impacted

2m Teachers supported

1.5m Schools and ECD centres reached

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What We Do

GSF is a community convenor, knowledge accelerator, funding catalyst, and partnership builder supporting non-state organisations in low- and middle-income countries to innovate, deepen impact, and achieve scale.

Impact at Scale Labs

Power of Parents

All Hands on Deck for SDG 4

Scale Toolkit

Our Impact

Accelerating the uptake of locally-generated solutions to improve education outcomes at scale for underserved children. GSF convenes education innovators to learn, grow, and influence together so that their collective impact transforms education for every child.

84%

Of organisations agree or strongly agree they have benefitted from being in the GSF community.

10/10

Organisations participating in the Labs programme rate the support provided 10/10.

83%

Rated as high or very high the effectiveness of GSF increasing the visibility of non-state education actors in global policy and planning frameworks.

31,362

Additional students reached through our first Labs cohort.

Featured Resources

All Hands on Deck ECD in Emergencies Gov-Non-State Partnerships View all resources

Regulating Non-State Actors in Education: Findings from a Collaborative Research Project

Report

June 2024

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A collaboration between UNESCO and Global Schools Forum. This report explores the design and implementation of regulation of non-state education across five low- and middle- income countries. It is based on 25 key informant interviews with government officials and non-state education operators.

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Workshop Participation Sheet

Template

February 2024

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Workshop participant sheet for the All Hands on Deck for SDG 4 Action Toolkit.

All Hands on Deck

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Operational Guide

Guide

February 2024

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Operational Guide for the All Hands on Deck for SDG 4 Action Toolkit.

All Hands on Deck

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Latest Events

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External Event

UNGA

81st Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 81) Opening and General Debate.

8 - 22 September 2026

New York, US

In Person

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GSF Event

AI practitioner spotlight: Pratham and Rising Academies on using AI in assessments

For our inaugural AI spotlight series, two organisations who are developing and deploying AI solutions in FLN assessments, Rising Academies...

September 23, 2026

7:00am EST

12:00pm UK

3:00pm EAT

5.30pm IST

Online

GSF Event

COP on innovative financing- Designing smart subsidies for early years

In this session, Open Capital Advisors will share key principles for designing smart subsidies, examples of promising demand- and supply-side models,...

September 24, 2026

08:30am EST

12:30pm GMT

3:30pm EAT

6:00pm IST

Online