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Big hopes for education, and yet more big targets at the World Humanitarian Summit
The UN Secretary-General’s Report, One Humanity: Shared Responsibility, was released yesterday for the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul this May. It contains calls for reform in humanitarian aid architecture that could change lives for millions if taken at their word. … Continue reading
Books for Every Child: The Global Book Fund
Penelope Bender, Learning Team Lead, USAID’s Office of Education (@penelopebender, @USAIDEducation) Despite the education sector’s longstanding call of “Education For All,”children in many countries are not learning to read and cannot read to learn. The right to education is not … Continue reading
Posted in Early childhood care and education, Finance, Language, Learning, Literacy, teaching, technology, Uncategorized
Tagged textbooks
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Syria? Education?
It’s not news that calls for funds for education in humanitarian situations are left unmet, but it doesn’t fail to shock when the actual figures are laid bare. Syria, which no one can deny is in dire need of assistance, … Continue reading
Posted in Arab States, Conflict, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, syria
Tagged conflict, finance, humanitarian aid, syria, Target 4.a
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Donor conference must deliver on the promise of education for Syria
By Joseph Nhan-O’Reilly, Head of Education Policy & Advocacy at Save the Children UK. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Global Partnership for Education and Chair of the Board’s Strategy & Policy Committee. He is … Continue reading
Posted in Conflict, Donors, fragile states, Human rights, Out-of-school children, syria
Tagged conflict, finance, syria, Target 4.a
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Can Africa afford free education?
Today, BBC World Service is holding a debate in South Africa around the question ‘Can Africa afford free education?’, which we have been helping them answer. Inequality in education: poverty as a major factor. The new agenda calls for 12 … Continue reading
Join in: What’s the #EducationWeWant?
It’s a new year, and we have a new name – The Global Education Monitoring Report (GEM Report). To celebrate the change, we’re launching a new campaign using our logo as an interactive visual. We want to know which of … Continue reading
Introducing our Spanish-Language World Education Blog/Blog de la Educación Mundial
Today, we’re launching the “Blog de la Educación Mundial“ for our Spanish speaking audience with a focus on Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) as well as the concerns of Latin American policy makers, researchers and analysts. The new blog will containing … Continue reading
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The GMR is now the GEM report: Global Education Monitoring Report
It’s a new year, and we’re introducing our new name! As from today, we are formally becoming the GEM Report: the Global Education Monitoring Report. It is now officially ‘post-2015’ and a new set of international goals and targets are in place. … Continue reading
Posted in Governance, Post-2015 development framework, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Uncategorized, united nations
Tagged branding, development, education, monitoring, review, UN, United Nations
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Tanzania abolishes secondary school fees. But does anything come for free?
It is extremely good news to hear that the United Republic of Tanzania has cancelled school fees at the secondary level. This new policy aims to free families from any fees and contributions to education for 11 years of schooling. … Continue reading
Posted in Developing countries, Literacy, Marginalization, mdgs, sdg, sdgs, Secondary school, Uncategorized
Tagged tanzania, target 4.1
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Why universal secondary education can help fight climate change
By Raya Muttarak, Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (IIASA, VID/ÖAW and WU), and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria. Not only have climate scientists agreed that humans are contributing to climate change, but recent … Continue reading
