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Why are citizen led learning assessments not having an impact on home soil – and how can we change that?
By Colin Bangay, Senior Education Adviser for the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) in India. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect the UK government’s official position or policies. Citizen-led learning assessments have been one of the most internationally … Continue reading
Warm words, weak outcomes: Are we about to fail adults a second time?
By Alan Tuckett, President of the International Council for Adult Education and Professor of Education, University of Wolverhampton The World Education Forum in Incheon is now behind us, and the Addis Ababa event on financing the Sustainable Development Goals ahead. … Continue reading
12 years “free” or “publicly funded” education? A good outcome.
This blog explains how one word – “free” –was one of the reasons it took so long for the adopted declaration from Incheon to appear online. It celebrates the official commitment in the Incheon Declaration to 12 years of free, … Continue reading
Want proof of what’s possible in education? You’ll find it in Korea.
by Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills, and Special Advisor on Education Policy to the Secretary-General for the OECD Last week, UNESCO and six other UN agencies convened world leaders in education in Incheon, Republic of Korea, to establish the … Continue reading
Posted in Adult education, Asia, Basic education, Developed countries, Developing countries, Equality, Equity, Governance, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Post-secondary education, Pre-primary education, Primary school, Sustainable development
Tagged korea, target 4.1
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Civil society priorities at the World Education Forum
By David Archer, Head of Programmes, ActionAid and Board member of Global Campaign for Education. This is the first in a series of blogs leading up to and reacting to the World Education Forum taking place in Incheon Korea 19-22 … Continue reading
New proposed indicators to monitor the post-2015 education framework
By Albert Motivans, Head of Education Statistics, UNESCO Institute for Statistics and Manos Antoninis, Senior Policy Analyst, Education for All Global Monitoring Report. The post-2015 sustainable development agenda, including the education goal, has received praise for its ambitious and universal … Continue reading
Does getting pregnant cause girls to drop out of school?
By Stephanie Psaki, research associate focusing on girls education for the Population Council. Globally, “schoolgirl pregnancy” is cited as one of the primary barriers to girls’ education. In some cases – as in Sierra Leone currently – pregnant girls may be prohibited … Continue reading
Private schools: punishing the poorest, or providing much needed access to education?
By Joanna Härmä, Research Officer for the EFA Global Monitoring Report and Aaron Benavot, Director of the EFA Global Monitoring Report. This blog first appeared on the education in crisis website. Private education, on the rise since the World Education Forum … Continue reading
Good news: UNESCO’s Executive Board unanimously sign up to protect “Learning without Fear”
By Catherine Jere, Research Officer for the EFA Global Monitoring Report and author of the recent paper ‘School-related gender-based violence is preventing the achievement of quality education for all‘. In March, for International Women’s Day, UNGEI, UNESCO and the EFA … Continue reading
Posted in Basic education, Gender, school violence, Sexual violence
Tagged Target 4.a, violence
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The regional stories of the GMR 2015. Part I
The GMR 2015 was released almost two weeks ago. Events are continuing to take place around the world, including in Pakistan, the Philippines, Germany, Netherlands, Namibia and Switzerland just this week. In total, well over 60 countries will be holding … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Arab States, education, EFA Report 2015, out of school children, sub-Saharan Africa
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