Author Archives: GEM Report

How will higher education be integrated in the post 2015 education and development agenda?

Posted on 3 March 2015 by GEM Report

By Patrick Montjouridès, Programme Specialist at UNESCO Institute of Statistics and Louis-André Vallet, Director of Research at the National Centre for Scientific Research. As the process of defining a new set of global education targets post-2015 comes to an end, a … Continue reading →

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Speaking a minority language should not mean being disadvantaged 

Posted on 21 February 2015 by GEM Report

International Mother Language Day, observed since 1999 on 21 February, honours the world’s abundant cultural and linguistic diversity. The celebration draws attention to the significance of pluri-lingualism and the need for language preservation. For example, UNESCO’s Interactive Atlas of the World’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Equality, Language, Latin America, Learning, Literacy, Marginalization, Post-2015 development framework, Rural areas, Teachers, Training | Tagged , , | 7 Comments

Improving the measurement of household wealth to better understand global inequalities in education

Posted on 27 January 2015 by GEM Report

By Jeroen Smits, Associate Professor on Inequality and Development at the Economics Department of Radboud University in the Netherlands and Director of the Global Data Lab. Over the past few decades, household surveys have become an important source of information on … Continue reading →

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The limits of education’s impact on equality

Posted on 22 January 2015 by GEM Report

By Herman van de Werfhorst and Yossi Shavit. Herman van de Werfhorst is a professor of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam, and director of the Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies. Yossi Shavit is the Weinberg Professor of Sociology of … Continue reading →

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Data is critical to achieving universal primary and secondary education

Posted on 19 January 2015 by GEM Report

By Jo Bourne, Associate Director and Global Chief of Education, Programme Division, UNICEF, and Albert Motivans, Head of Education Statistics, UNESCO Institute for Statistics. It is time for a dose of pragmatism: 121 million children and young adolescents are out of school … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Out-of-school children, Primary school, Youth | Tagged | 12 Comments

Who is Minding the Gap for Post Primary Transitions for Post 2015?

Posted on 9 January 2015 by GEM Report

By Baela Raza Jamil, who currently serves as the Director of Programs Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi and the Institute for Professional Learning as well as Coordinator of the South Asian Forum for Education Development.  The 5th Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2014 … Continue reading →

Posted in Asia, Basic education, Developing countries, Early childhood care and education, Equity, Primary school, Rural areas, Secondary school, Uncategorized | Tagged | 2 Comments

2014 – a year of reflection

Posted on 31 December 2014 by GEM Report

2014 was a year spent reflecting on past achievements in education and their implications for international policy commitments in 2015 and beyond. Our blog remained a popular online hub and the year’s most frequently read posts reflect key topics of … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Developed countries, Developing countries, Donors, Economic growth, Equality, Equity, Finance, Literacy, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Poverty, Primary school, Quality of education, Skills, Teachers | 1 Comment

Peshawar and the war against education

Posted on 29 December 2014 by GEM Report

By Bushra Rahim Many children and youth in conflict zones are being injured, killed, kidnapped, recruited and traumatized. Armed conflict negatively impacts children’s access to school, and interrupts the studies of enrolled students. As we look forward to implementing a … Continue reading →

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Peshawar and the human right to education

Posted on 18 December 2014 by GEM Report

At least 132 children and 9 staff were killed this week following a Taliban attack on the Army Public School and Degree College in the Pakistani city of Peshawar. The GMR team is dedicated to the notion that each and … Continue reading →

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“Literacy For Life” and literacy assessment after 2015

Posted on 10 December 2014 by GEM Report

By David Post, Senior Policy Analyst for the EFA Global Monitoring Report. On 23 October 2014 the United Nation’s Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee (the “Third Committee”) adopted a new resolution, “Literacy for life: shaping future agendas”.  The Resolution, highlights … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult education, Language, Learning, Literacy, Post-2015 development framework | Tagged | 4 Comments