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What a waste: Ensure migrants and refugees’ qualifications and prior learning are recognized
Presented at the Global Education Meeting in Brussels, a new paper produced by our Report in collaboration with Education Above All and UNHCR shows that over a third of highly educated immigrants were overqualified for their jobs, compared to a … Continue reading
Providing education for migrants and refugees requires common action and shared responsibility
The global relevance and timeliness of the 2019 GEM Report Migration, displacement and education: Building bridges, not walls was fully evident at this week’s Global Education Meeting in Brussels. This is a key moment in the SDG 4 follow up … Continue reading
Posted in migration, monitoring, refugees, sdgs, Uncategorized
Tagged 2019 gem report, migration, monitoring, refugee education, refugees, SDG 4
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Over $1.7 billion committed to education at the Global Citizenship Festival
Significant strides were made to #FundEducation at the Global Citizen Festival Mandela 100’ this week, totaling just over US$ 1.7 billion. It is often said that 2019 is the year of education: SDG 4 is going to be reviewed for … Continue reading
Displaced children with disabilities face overlapping barriers
The 2019 Global Education Monitoring Report launched two weeks ago, focuses on migration and displacement. In discussing displaced people with disabilities, it begins with a premise established by the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities that having an … Continue reading
India has some of the largest internal migration movements in the world – how has its education adapted?
People move around India all the time. Around 9 million moving to live in another state every year while the rates of those migrating within their state also doubled over just ten years. A lot has been done to adapt … Continue reading
Posted in migrant, migration, Uncategorized
Tagged 2019 gem report, india, internal migration, migration
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The legacy of past restrictions on migrants remains alive and well in education in China
First posted in the South China Morning Post Internal migration in China for work and better opportunities is commonly described as the biggest in human history. Unsurprisingly, this has had a significant effect on education. Policies have shifted over time … Continue reading
Posted in immigrant, immigration, migrant, migration, Uncategorized
Tagged 2019 gem report, china, displacement, migration
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The messages of the 2019 GEM Report are reaching all corners of the world
The 2019 GEM Report launched on Tuesday, with 12 events already, and another seven in the pipeline for next week. Almost 2,000 people attended the events, and 4,600 watched the global launch event online. In the first two days since … Continue reading
Immigrants and refugees are at high risk of segregation into different schools and slower school tracks in European countries
On Tuesday, we launched the 2019 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report on migration and displacement. Looking at everyone on the move, different issues and challenges appear for different regions. Today will look at a key challenge for immigrants’ education in … Continue reading
New 2019 GEM Report shows insufficient progress including migrants and refugees in national education systems
Launched at events across five continents today, the new Global Education Monitoring Report, Building Bridges, not Walls shows that progress is insufficient in providing an inclusive education for migrants, refugees or other displaced people. Migration and displacement affect education. … Continue reading
Posted in Conflict, Equality, Equity, immigration, migration, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, 2019 gem report, global compact for migration, global compact for refugees, immigrant, Inclusion, inclusive education, leave no one behind, migrants, migration, refugee education, refugees, SDG 4
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We are now ready to start monitoring early-grade learning
By Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Young learners have moved up the data agenda for Sustainable Development Goal 4! The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) and its partners have been pushing to upgrade SDG 4 … Continue reading
Posted in monitoring, Primary school, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized
Tagged early-grade learning, monitoring, target 4.1
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