Category Archives: Basic education

Business leaders at the World Economic Forum must boost finance for education

Posted on 18 January 2013 by Pauline Rose

As political and business leaders gather in Davos for another year’s World Economic Forum, the Education for All Global Monitoring Report has released a new policy paper showing that contributions from corporations and private foundations combined total only $683 million … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, Developing countries, Economic growth, Out-of-school children, Pre-primary education, Primary school, Quality of education, Teachers, Uncategorized | Tagged aid, davos, donors, education, Education for All, philanthropy, private sector, world economic forum | 13 Comments

Education after 2015: The Commonwealth perspective

Posted on 15 January 2013 by EFA Editor

Commonwealth ministers of education recently outlined their vision for education’s role in the new global goals for development, emphasizing education’s catalytic power and stressing the need for equity and quality in addition to access. By Jonathan Penson, education adviser at … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Developed countries, Developing countries, Early childhood care and education, Equity, Millennium Development Goals, Post-2015 development framework, Quality of education | 1 Comment

In 2013, let’s keep our education promises – and get ready to make some more

Posted on 7 January 2013 by Pauline Rose

By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report With less than three years until the deadline for the Education for All goals, I sincerely hope 2013 is a year of urgent action to accelerate progress – … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Developing countries, Equity | Tagged developing countries, Education for All, primary education | 10 Comments

What’s top of the 2012 global education news?

Posted on 19 December 2012 by Pauline Rose

By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report The tragic shooting in Pakistan of Malala in the name of girls’ education, the rebuilding of education in South Sudan one year after independence and in Haiti two … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Developing countries, Skills, Youth | Tagged developing countries, education, youthskillswork | 4 Comments

Spain’s austerity measures will leave children out of school

Posted on 3 December 2012 by Pauline Rose

The latest Education for All Global Monitoring Report, Youth and Skills: Putting Education to Work, asked whether aid to education had reached its peak. Recent news from Spain suggests that the reality could be even worse – that aid to … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Basic education, Economic growth, Employment, Uncategorized | Tagged aid, economic growth, education, overseas aid | 1 Comment

Life skills taught in school vital to reduce risk of HIV and AIDS

Posted on 29 November 2012 by Pauline Rose

Only 7% of school children in E & S Africa have desired level of knowledge on HIV and AIDS On World AIDS Day, new research conducted for the Global Monitoring Report ‘Youth and Skills: Putting education to work’ shows the importance … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Basic education, Developing countries, Health, HIV/AIDS, Out-of-school children, Poverty, Secondary school, Skills | Tagged education, HIV and AIDS, life skills, skills, skills training, Target 4.4 | 6 Comments

Join the consultation on Teaching and Learning for Development

Posted on 26 November 2012 by Kate Redman

A learning crisis is leaving one in three primary school-aged children not achieving basic skills, whether they are in school or not. This revelation makes the theme of the 2013 Education for All Global Monitoring Report (GMR) on Teaching and … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, Developed countries, Developing countries, Donors, Early childhood care and education, Economic growth, Equality, Equity, Gender, Latin America, Literacy, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, North America, Nutrition, Out-of-school children, Poverty, Pre-primary education, Primary school, Quality of education, Rural areas, Sustainable development, Teachers, Training | Tagged developing countries, education, equity, learning, Millennium Development Goals, out of school, post-2015, primary education, quality, teachers | Leave a comment

Lost opportunities: The impact of grade repetition and early school leaving

Posted on 22 November 2012 by EFA report

This guest post is by Albert Motivans, Head of Education Indicators and Data Analysis Section at Unesco Institute for Statistics (UIS). There is an urgent need to face the issue of high numbers of children who are repeating grades and … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Out-of-school children, Primary school, Secondary school | 2 Comments

Born Equal: Inequality, education and post-2015

Posted on 14 November 2012 by EFA report

A guest post from Alex Cobham, Head of Research at Save the Children UK. Children suffer twice the inequality of income as the general population, and this has grown by a third since the 1990s. As the UN High Level … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Equity, Gender | 7 Comments

The bottom ten countries for female education

Posted on 9 November 2012 by Pauline Rose

As we approach ‘Malala Day’ on 10 November, the EFA Global Monitoring Report reveals that Pakistan scores in the bottom ten of new country rankings for education of poor females. As we stand together on ‘Malala Day’, it is vital … Continue reading →