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What US support to UNRWA is worth in terms of education
Yesterday, as hinted at the start of the year, the United States cut its aid to the United Nations Relief Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees, better known with its acronym UNRWA. UNRWA has been running for over six decades, having … Continue reading
Costa Rica joins the ranks of the few making pre-primary education compulsory for two years
This month, for the first time, it will be mandatory for children in Costa Rica to complete two years of pre-primary education before going to primary school. This is in line with the call in Target 4.2 of the SDG … Continue reading
Posted in accountability, Pre-primary education, sdg, Uncategorized
Tagged accountability, pre-primary education, target 4.2
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The importance of community volunteers to increase students’ learning outcomes: the case of Educate Girls in India
By Radhika Iyengar, Gita Johar, Lucia del Pilar Haro and Sarah Montgomery The idea of community members providing basic health services to local households has been in existence for 50 years. The health community has been effectively using Community Health … Continue reading
Inviting parents to hold teachers to account in Honduras
This blog is written by the GEM Report and Megan R Gavin, Ph.D, also author of a case study on accountability and education in Honduras commissioned for the 2017/8 GEM Report. The blog is part of a series showing that accountability in education is shaped by … Continue reading
Posted in accountability, Uncategorized
Tagged accountability, country case study, parents, target 4.1
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From leadership bright spots to transformed school systems
By Kieran Cooke, Senior Development Consultant, Education Development Trust In the middle of the Kibera slum in Nairobi, amongst the rubbish dumps of an impoverished community, there is a school, which, despite the collapsing roofs and dusty floors, is achieving … Continue reading
Human rights at the heart of education: the role of strategic litigation (Part II)
By Meghan Campbell, Lecturer-in-Law, University of Birmingham. Deputy-Director, Oxford Human Rights Hub Few people recognize that the courts can be an effective way to enable children to access inclusive, equitable education of good quality. However, to achieve this, human rights … Continue reading
Human rights at the heart of education (Part I)
By Sandra Fredman, Director of the Oxford Human Rights Hub, Rhodes Professor of the Laws of the British Commonwealth and the United States, University of Oxford Education is at the heart of the global struggle to alleviate poverty and reduce … Continue reading
Why we need student advocacy
by Viktor Grønne – student, activist, and Danish UNESCO Youth Representative As we launch the 2017/8 youth version of the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report on how youth can help hold governments to account for education, the discussion naturally centred on … Continue reading
Posted in accountability, sdgs, Uncategorized, Youth
Tagged RTE campaign, target 4.1, youth
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I believe my grandfather when he said ‘education will help you be whoever you want to be’
By Pegah Moulana, youth ambassador for the GEM Report Right to Education campaign When I was young, my grandfather once told me: “Education will help you to be whoever you want to be”. Looking back 10 years on, I know … Continue reading
Posted in accountability, right to education, Uncategorized, Youth
Tagged RTE campaign, target 4.1, youth
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#FeesMustFall: Developments in South African Fees Struggles
by Dylan Barry, a post-graduate physics student at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. He headed up the #FeesMustFall News Media task team in 2015, and the #FeesMustFall Economic Research task team in 2016 at the University of … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Equality, Post-secondary education, tertiary education
Tagged finance, RTE campaign, south africa, Target 4.3
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