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Colin Northmore: Helping immigrant students in South Africa exercise their right to education
Colin is one of many champions being highlighted by the GEM Report in the run up to the launch of its 2020 publication on inclusion and education: All means all, due out 23 June. In their own way, and in … Continue reading
Posted in access, Africa, Basic education, Human rights, immigrant, Inclusion
Tagged inclusion champions
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The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on prosocial skills
By Gabriel Bădescu, Babeş-Bolyai University of Cluj, Romania, and GEM Report fellow All over the world, he Covid-19 pandemic has led to school closures. Poorer nations have tended to bring in stricter measures, relative to the severity of their outbreaks, … Continue reading
Posted in access, Developing countries, digital literacy, Literacy
Tagged coronavirus, covid19
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Sabine Kreutzer: putting the child at the centre in school models in Germany
English / Español Sabine is one of many champions being highlighted by the GEM Report in the run up to the launch of its 2020 publication on inclusion and education: All means all, due out 23 June. In their own … Continue reading
Suraj Yengde: Trying to leave his caste behind him to pursue his education
Suraj Yengde was born in Maharashtra in India into the Dalit caste. His parents enrolled him into a Christian school where caste still mattered, but less than it does in the public system. India has a system of affirmative action … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Equity, Inclusion, right to education
Tagged 2020 GEM Report, Inclusion, inclusion champions
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The world post-Covid-19 might be the world pre-Incheon – or even pre-Dakar
English / Español By Sheldon Shaeffer, Chair, Board of Directors, Asia=Pacific Regional Network on Early Childhood (ARNEC) Post-Covid-19, the world will not be the same for a very long time. Life may be so different that there might not even … Continue reading
Posted in access, Basic education, Early childhood care and education, Health, Inclusion, Quality of education, sdgs
Tagged coronavirus, covid19
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Alejandro Calleja: A father fighting for his son’s right to an inclusive education in Spain
English / Español Alejandro is one of many champions being highlighted by the GEM Report in the run up to the launch of its 2020 publication on inclusion and education: All means all, due out 23 June. In their own way, … Continue reading
Posted in access, disability, Equality, Equity, Inclusion, legal rights, right to education
Tagged 2020 GEM Report, Inclusion, inclusion champions
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Distance Learning Denied
Over 500 million of the world’s children and youth not accessing distance learning alternatives By Stefania Giannini, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education Most countries around the world have mandated school closures as part of public health measures to contain the … Continue reading
Daniela Galindo: working for inclusion in Colombia through communication tools
Daniela is one of many champions being highlighted by the GEM Report in the run up to the launch of its 2020 publication on inclusion and education: All means all, due out 23 June. In their own way, and in … Continue reading
Posted in access, disability, Equality, Inclusion, Learning, Marginalization, technology
Tagged 2020 GEM Report, Inclusion, inclusion champions
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Collecting essential education data during the Covid-19 crisis
By Silvia Montoya, Director, UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), and Gustavo Arcia, Economist and UIS Consultant Statistical institutes in low- and middle-income countries face significant pressures to collect education data under quarantine. This pressure reflects the need to mitigate the many … Continue reading
Why non-state education requires support in the current pandemic
By Alice Doorly, Global Schools Forum (GSF), a non-profit membership organisation working with non-state organisations in developing countries who are serving children from low-income backgrounds. Since March, teachers from three non-state primary schools run by Peepul, serving low-income communities in … Continue reading
