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Category Archives: Basic education
Multilateral agencies should renew their commitment to basic education
The international community, and multilateral agencies in particular, have vast potential to mobilize financial resources to help fill the $26 billion annual funding gap for education, according to a new paper. Here Pauline Rose, director of the EFA Global Monitoring Report, and … Continue reading
Posted in Aid, Basic education, Donors, Finance, Primary school, Quality of education
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New partnerships are needed to improve learning worldwide
What do children and young people need to learn? And how can we measure what they have learned? For the last 18 months, the Learning Metrics Task Force has put these questions to experts and agencies worldwide. Tomorrow it presents … Continue reading
Posted in Basic education, Finance, Learning, Literacy, Marginalization, Quality of education, Skills, Teachers, Testing, Training
Tagged education, Education for All, equity, learning, learning for all, literacy, MDG, post-2015, poverty
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Education gives girls dignity
Speech, by Mariam Khalique, teacher of Pakistani school girl Malala Yousafzai, at an event in New York for the release of the Education For All Global Monitoring Report’s new analysis, Education Transforms. “Bismillah! In the name of ALLAH, the most … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Basic education, Conflict, Developing countries, Equality, Equity, Gender, Literacy, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Poverty, Pre-primary education, Primary school, Quality of education, Uncategorized
Tagged equality, Gender, Malala, post-2015
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Our new evidence underlines education’s unique transformative power
Next week we will release new analysis showing how education transforms lives. Presented as a booklet with infographics by Information is Beautiful, the analysis will demonstrate education’s unrivalled power to boost wider development goals. In two weeks’ time, the shape … Continue reading
Posted in Basic education, Climate change, Conflict, Democracy, Early childhood care and education, Economic growth, Employment, Environment, Equality, Gender, Governance, Health, HIV/AIDS, Human rights, Millennium Development Goals, Nutrition, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Poverty, Quality of education
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Spotlight on Nigeria’s education crisis
Education in Nigeria is in crisis: 10.5 million children are out of school, more than in any other country, and over half of adults in the country are illiterate, a legacy of decades of poor education. In response, the United … Continue reading
In Pakistan, government inertia is education’s greatest enemy
Malala Yousafzai has drawn global attention to the Taliban’s attacks on education. But education in Pakistan may have an even worse enemy: the government itself. Kevin Watkins, former director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report and now director … Continue reading
Education is our weapon of choice
July 18 is Nelson Mandela International Day, a celebration of Mandela’s work and that of his charitable organizations. Education is a key part of this message for positive change. Going to school is about more than developing skills: it is … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Basic education, Conflict, Equality, Gender, Human rights, Out-of-school children
Tagged finance, humanitarian aid
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Education invisible in the G8 communiqué
By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report Leaders at the G8 meeting in Northern Ireland this week made progress on many important issues including international trade agreements, tax systems, transparency and terrorism. It is extremely … Continue reading
Is it too much to ask for free quality education for all?
By Antonia Wulff, coordinator at Education International Education is an inalienable human right – but across the world this right is being undermined by the impacts of inequality, a lack of political commitment and inadequate investment in education. We need … Continue reading
Spotlight on Africa: who’s going to school?
This Sunday’s Day of the African Child focuses on “eliminating harmful social and cultural practices affecting children” – so it’s an ideal time to reflect on the region’s progress toward universal primary schooling. Sub-Saharan Africa is home to more than half … Continue reading
