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What teacher shortage? It’s not just the scale but the nature of the challenge
By Colin Bangay, Senior Education Adviser, DFID Sierra Leone Most would agree that good teachers make all the difference. As recent research attests, ‘the most effective interventions to improve student learning rely on teachers’. The imperative to bring the magnitude of … Continue reading
What role do foundations play in education?
How much are foundations investing in education and where? Who are the main beneficiaries and what difference are they making in education? These are just three of the questions that the GEM Report and the OECD Global Network of Foundations … Continue reading
Posted in Aid, Finance, Innovative financing, Uncategorized
Tagged 2021 GEM Report, aid, aid to education, Finance, funding, philanthropy
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The kids are not completing
Why completion rates should be part of the SDG global indicator framework By Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, and Manos Antoninis, Director of the Global Education Monitoring Report The clock is ticking, with just over a … Continue reading
Posted in Competition, data, Learning, monitoring, sdgs, Uncategorized
Tagged completion, data, learning, literacy, SDG 4, target 4.1
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Mapping girls’ right to an education
By Rolla Moumne, UNESCO Education Sector UNESCO’s Her Education Rights Atlas (HER Atlas) is designed to measure the degree of protection of girls’ and women’s education rights in national legal frameworks. Her Atlas was launched at the G7 France/UNESCO international … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Equity, Gender, Uncategorized
Tagged Gender, gender parity, gender. equality, girls, girls' education
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The latest facts and statistics on teachers
To mark World Teachers’ Day, we have partnered with the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) and the International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 to pull together key facts and statistics on challenges for teachers around the world. The … Continue reading
Busra has been trained to help Syrian children in Turkey who are suffering from the trauma of the war
This content comes from the interactive youth version of the 2019 GEM Report. It tells a story that brings to life some of the key messages in our policy paper: Education as healing: Addressing the trauma of displacement through social and … Continue reading
Takeaways from the Cali International Forum on Inclusion and Equity in Education
Last week (11-13 September), the International Forum on Inclusion and Equity in Education was held in Cali, Colombia, to mark the 25th anniversary of the Salamanca Declaration with a packed agenda. This blog summarizes some of the energy and outcomes … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Gender, Inclusion, LGBT, LGBTI, migrant, Uncategorized
Tagged 2020 GEM Report, Gender, Inclusion, inclusive education, LGBT, migrants
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Making evaluations work for education equality and inclusion
By Karen Mundy, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education International organizations typically have well-developed evaluation units, generating large volumes of evidence about their policies, programs and practices. Yet, while synthesis of evidence on international education development has evolved considerably in … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Inclusion, monitoring, sdgs, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, data, equality, Inclusion, monitoring, SDG 4
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Has the approach to inclusion changed over the years?
It is 25 years since the Salamanca Statement and Framework for Action on Special Needs Education endorsed the approach of inclusive schools and argued that regular schools should accommodate all children, regardless of their physical, intellectual, social, emotional, linguistic or … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Equity, Inclusion, LGBT, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, 2020 GEM Report, allmeansall, CRPD, incheon declaration, Inclusion, salamanca statement
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How much does it cost to achieve universal literacy?
As events for International Literacy Day continue, new cost estimates have been produced by UNESCO showing that US$14 billion will be needed if the 20 countries with the lowest literacy rates, which are members of the Global Alliance for Literacy … Continue reading
Posted in Adult education, Literacy, Uncategorized, Youth
Tagged adult literacy, literacy, numeracy, target 4.6, youth literacy
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