IS it, or isn't it? Pupils at Balshaw High School had to get a closer look to check if it really was the Prime Minister himself.

Tony Blair made a two-dimensional appearance at the Leyland high school, to give the Oxfam's Education Now! campaign a boost.

At the end of this month, world governments will meet in Dakar, Senegal, to discuss plans to get every child into school by 2015.

More than 180 pupils at Balshaw High will be joining Oxfam in urging the PM to make sure that all children in the world get a good quality primary education.

Oxfam's Katy McDermott said: "Tony Blair made 'education, education, education' his prime message at the last election.

"Oxfam wants Tony Blair to extend this electoral promise to all the world's children by using his power to ensure that the international community honour their objectives."

Balshaw High's cardboard cut-out of Mr Blair -- which contains their signatures of support -- will be taken to Number 10 on April 20, when Oxfam representatives present their petitions to the PM.