The Quality Education Development Associates (QEDA) Team Lead/Founder Nurudeen Lawal, joined other 700 education sector delegates from across the globe at UKFIET2025 conference. This biennial conference was held in Oxford University from the 16th -18th of September 2025 with the theme; Mobilising knowledge, partnerships, and innovations for sustainable development through education and training. The conference had African governments and funders participation (Including Gates Foundation). It was an opportunity for QEDA to deepen ties with other DAARA members; TaRL Africa and Zizi Afrique, who were also represented by their leadership. The presentation started with two complimentary presentations on the state of education in an era of uncertainty from populism. Presentation of interest includes, the Gates Foundation co-organized symposium on African government’s progress on foundational learning, and the sessions on teachers’ agency a middle-tier effectiveness.
The session on The Demise of International Education Development: three scenarios for reincarnation, tested some potential scenarios for the future of international education development with an audience of constructive and critical stakeholders, which generated insights, discussions and debates.
QEDA and TaRL Africa were also part of a side event to the UKFIET on quality education access for out of school children in Nigeria. This took place on the 15th of September 2025 at the Blavatnik School Government and was organised by; FCDO Partnership for Learning for All in Nigeria’s Education (PLANE) and What Works Hub in Global Education (WWHGE), while Blavatnik School of Government was the host. Presenters were policy leads from Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Education (FME), Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), and National Commission for Almajiri and OOSC Education (NCAOOSCE). Discussants to the presentations include; Hafsatu Hamza (TaRL), Nurudeen Lawal (QEDA), and Heather Kayton, (BSG) and Masooda Bano (Oxford Department of International Development).
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