Category Archives: Adult education

“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 target 4.6 | 4 Comments

Improving literacy for sustainable development

Posted on 8 September 2014 by GEM Report

Today is International Literacy Day. The theme for this year is Literacy and Sustainable Development. The day will be “an opportunity to remember a simple truth: literacy not only changes lives, it saves them,” says the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult education, Basic education, Employment, Literacy | Tagged target 4.6 | 4 Comments

Share your views on the forthcoming 2015 EFA Global Monitoring Report

Posted on 24 February 2014 by Manos Antoninis

The 2015 Education for All Global Monitoring Report (EFA GMR) will review how much the EFA movement has contributed to ensuring that all children, young people and adults have benefited from the right to an education that meets their basic … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult education, Africa, Aid, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, Developed countries, Developing countries, Donors, Early childhood care and education, Equality, Equity, Finance, Gender, Governance, Innovative financing, Latin America, Learning, Literacy, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, North America, Nutrition, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Post-secondary education, Poverty, Pre-primary education, Primary school, Quality of education, Rural areas, Secondary school, Skills, Teachers, technology, Youth | Tagged basic education, boys, developing countries, development, education, Education for All, Gender, girls, inequality, inequity, learning, literacy, MDG, post-2015, poverty, teaching | 3 Comments

Why we need a global education framework after 2015

Posted on 6 November 2013 by Pauline Rose

By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report With the 2015 deadline for the Education for All goals fast approaching, international attention is focusing on what will succeed them. It is crucial that a clear, overarching … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult education, Developing countries, Equality, Literacy, Millennium Development Goals, Post-2015 development framework, Quality of education, Skills | 13 Comments

After Dakar: How does adult learning fit into post-2015 education aims?

Posted on 29 April 2013 by EFA Editor

By Alan Tuckett, president of the International Council for Adult Education When education policymakers overlook the importance of adult learning, it doesn’t just let down adults who could benefit from a greater commitment to their needs. It also fails to … Continue reading →