Category Archives: Basic education

Sabine Kreutzer: putting the child at the centre in school models in Germany

Posted on 27 May 2020 by

Sabine is one of many champions being highlighted by the GEM Report in the run up to the launch of its 2020 publication on inclusion and education: All means all, due out 23 June. In their own way, and in … Continue reading →

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The world post-Covid-19 might be the world pre-Incheon – or even pre-Dakar

Posted on 20 May 2020 by

By Sheldon Shaeffer, Chair, Board of Directors, Asia=Pacific Regional Network on Early Childhood (ARNEC) Post-Covid-19, the world will not be the same for a very long time. Life may be so different that there might not even be a post-Covid-19 … Continue reading →

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Why non-state education requires support in the current pandemic

Posted on 13 May 2020 by

By Alice Doorly, Global Schools Forum (GSF), a non-profit membership organisation working with non-state organisations in developing countries who are serving children from low-income backgrounds. Since March, teachers from three non-state primary schools run by Peepul, serving low-income communities in … Continue reading →

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Internally Displaced Girls and Education in Yemen

Posted on 6 January 2020 by

By YoumnaFathi Al-Aswadi, author of a background paper for the Arab States 2019 GEM Report on migration, displacement and education The protracted conflict in Yemen since March 2015 has resulted in significant human suffering. More than 3.65 million people have … Continue reading →

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Morocco aims to reach 100% enrolment in pre-primary education in ten years’ time

Posted on 25 July 2018 by

Launched last week in Skhirat, Morocco, on the national day for pre-primary education, the Minister of Education, Said Amzazi, described a new national programme that aims to have 67% enrolment in early childhood education by 2021 and every single child … Continue reading →

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New GEM Report says ‘Don’t just blame the teacher when the system is at fault’

Posted on 24 October 2017 by

The 2017/8 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report was released today at global events in Maputo, Mozambique, Brasilia, Brazil and in London, UK. It stresses that accountability is indispensable in achieving SDG 4. The Report highlights the responsibility of governments to … Continue reading →

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Learning to realize education’s promise – a look at the 2018 WDR

Posted on 28 September 2017 by

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 →

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