The initial ‘class members’ presented at the event were:

Former child labourers from Togo and India Ablavi Agbodjan and Devli Kumari, Prime Minister of the UK Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd, President of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma, President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso, President of the World Bank Robert Zoellick, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan, Prime Minister of Norway Jens Stoltenberg, His Royal Highness Prince Saud of Saudia Arabia, Kuwait’s Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammed al-Ahmed al-Sabah, Kenya’s Minister of Education Sam K Ongeri, Spain’s Vice Minister for Co-operation, Soraya Rodriguez, France’s Secretary of State for Human Rights Rama Yade, FIFA’s President Sepp Blatter, President of GCE Kailash Satyarthi, Chair of GCE Assibi Napoe, ActionAid’s head of campaigns Colm O’Cuanachain, Comic Relief’s CEO Kevin Cahil, Chairperson of FAWE, Codou Diaw, Oxfam Novib’s director Farah Karimi, Save the Children UK’s CEO Jasmine Whitbread, Executive Director of UNICEF Ann Veneman, Head of the Fast Track Initiative Desmond Bermingham, CISCO’s CEO John Chambers, Intel’s Chair Craig Barrett Archbishop of York John Sentamu, Director-General of UNESCO’s Koichiro Matsuura, World Economic Foundation’s MD Richard Samans, Microsoft’s VP Gerri Elliot, World Vision Australia’s CEO Tim Costello, President of InterAction Sam Worthington, Executive Director of RESULTS Joanne Carter, Archbishop Celestino Migliore, artists Bob Geldof and Bono and announcements from former USA President Bill Clinton, USA’s election candidate Barack Obama and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon.

Eleven year old Devli Kumari, who’s advocated for education since being rescued from a stone quarry asked “If I as a young girl can talk to 15 children and enrol them in school, isn’t it possible for all the world leaders to enrol all children into school?”

"Children are waiting at the school gates, despite repeated promises from the international community. The pledges made today, will make an immediate impact in developing countries and build the political will in donor countries to make good on promises for funding” said GCE’s President Kailash Satyarthi.

“Schools don’t just build lives, they save lives,” said Queen Rania. “Our deadline of 2015 is feasible. It is also indispensable and also non-negotiable. It is a test we cannot afford to fail.”

“We have to build on this momentum, on the conviction that education can drive economic and social progress,” added UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in a statement read out.

Read the commitments, the press releases, more stories, and view the photos on: www.educationforall2015.org