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Education at a Glance 2017: How is the OECD engaging with SDG 4?
The OECD flagship publication, Education at a Glance, has turned its attention to Sustainable Development Goal 4. This is important for confirming the universality of the agenda. But it also carries implications about how the OECD, as an organization representing … Continue reading
The Rohingya Children of Karachi
By Baela Raza Jamil, CEO Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) “Oh Allah I seek Refuge from Being Unlettered, Undocumented and Vulnerable- please protect and enable me to reach my potential.” Areeba is a Rohingya belonging to a migrant family from Myanmar. Her ancestors … Continue reading
Learning to realize education’s promise – a look at the 2018 WDR
For the first time in forty years, the World Bank’s World Development Report (WDR), released on Tuesday, focuses exclusively on education. We are pleased to see its core messages resonating so well with our past reports, especially the 2013/4 EFA … Continue reading
Posted in accountability, Africa, Basic education, Learning, Literacy, Quality of education, Teachers, teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged education, learning, Quality of education, world bank
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Evaluating GPE’s self-evaluation
This week, the Strategy and Impact Committee of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Board is to meet to discuss, among many issues, the ‘Results Report’, which is the Partnership’s monitoring document; and the ‘Knowledge and Innovation Exchange’ (KIX), the … Continue reading
Posted in Aid, Donors, Finance, Uncategorized
Tagged aid, financing, funding, global partnership for education
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Two years down, 13 to go – Checking in on our progress towards the SDGs
Today, September 25th 2017, marks two years since the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted. This momentous anniversary is an occasion for us all to make sure the SDGs remain high on the global agenda. It’s also a chance to … Continue reading
Losing out on learning: Action to ensure refugee children get an education
By Joseph Nhan-O’Reilly, Head of Education Policy & Advocacy and Sébastien Hine, Education Research Adviser at Save the Children The world is now witnessing the highest levels of displacement on record. According to UNHCR, an unprecedented 65.6 million people around … Continue reading
Posted in Conflict, emergencies, fragile states, refugees, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, conflict, peace, refugee, refugees
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Donors and countries are not pulling their weight in funding education
Today, two events are being held during the UN General Assembly delivering a high-level political call for urgent action on education financing. As the forthcoming GEM Report due out 24 October shows, many countries and donors are not pulling their … Continue reading
Posted in accountability, Aid, Donors, Finance, Innovative financing, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized, united nations
Tagged aid, donors, edcucation, finance, financing, funding, global fund, SDG, SDG4
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Who is responsible for ensuring gender equality in education?
Problems require solutions, which requires knowing who is responsible for fixing them, and having clear steps to address the issue. This is the meaning of accountability. A longstanding issue like gender inequality, therefore, is one for which accountability is clearly … Continue reading
Posted in accountability, Equality, Equity, Gender, Uncategorized
Tagged accountability, equality, equity, Gender, gender. equality
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What do we mean by literacy in a digital world?
The meaning of the word literacy has developed continuously over the years. Today, the fact that International Literacy Day is on the theme of literacy in a digital world reminds us how the world has changed. At the end of … Continue reading
Posted in digital literacy, ICT, Literacy, Uncategorized
Tagged digital divide, digital literacy skills, digital skills, literacy, target 4.6, technology
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It’s not ok if prisoners can’t read
Tomorrow is International Literacy Day. A group, which has higher rates of illiteracy than other sections of the population but is rarely discussed, is those in the correctional justice system. In the 2016 GEM Report, we noted that more than … Continue reading
Posted in Adult education, Literacy, Marginalization, Uncategorized
Tagged adult education, adult literacy, literacy
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