Category Archives: Basic education

Beyond 2015: Continuing and complementing the GMR

Posted on 13 June 2012 by EFA Editor

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report, we have invited the Report’s previous directors to share their views on progress and prospects for Education for All. By Nicholas Burnett At 10 years, the Education for All … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Basic education, Donors, Early childhood care and education, Employment, Equity, Gender, Governance, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Primary school, Quality of education | Tagged | Leave a comment

Let’s not forget 61 million out-of-school children at Rio+20

Posted on 11 June 2012 by Pauline Rose

By Pauline Rose, Director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report, and Albert Motivans, Head of Education Statistics at the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. On the eve of the Rio+20 conference, the Education for All Global Monitoring Report and … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Basic education, Developing countries, Equality, Equity, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Poverty | 11 Comments

Protecting education aid is more vital than ever

Posted on 4 June 2012 by EFA Editor

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report, we have invited the Report’s previous directors to share their views on progress and prospects for Education for All. By Christopher Colclough Much has been achieved over … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Basic education, Developing countries, Donors, Equality, Equity, Governance, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Poverty, Primary school, Quality of education | Tagged | 6 Comments

Literacy rates are rising – but not fast enough

Posted on 31 May 2012 by Hans Botnen Eide

New data released by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics show that literacy rates for adults and youth are continuing to rise. But 775 million adults still cannot read and write – and many countries are unlikely to meet the Education … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Literacy, Skills | Tagged | 10 Comments

From education to the economy, malnutrition threatens Africa’s progress

Posted on 19 May 2012 by EFA Editor

By Ricardo Fuentes-Nieva Anyone who has gone without food for a couple of days knows the debilitating effects of hunger. For many of us, the experience is transient – we fail to eat during a trip or a long working … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Basic education, Developing countries, Early childhood care and education, Famine, Group of 8, Nutrition | 8 Comments

Africa Progress Report calls for big push on education

Posted on 14 May 2012 by EFA Editor

Urgent action is needed to tackle a “twin crisis” in access to education and the quality of teaching, according to the 2012 Africa Progress Report, Jobs, Justice and Equity: Seizing Opportunities in Times of Global Change, which was launched on … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Aid, Basic education, Developing countries, Economic growth, Employment, Equality, Marginalization, Out-of-school children, Quality of education, Skills, Training, Youth | 3 Comments

BRIEFLY: Measuring education quality in Africa

Posted on 7 May 2012 by Hans Botnen Eide

To improve the quality of education, first you have to be able to measure it, but education quality is notoriously difficult to define and measure, as was pointed out on this blog last week. The UNESCO Institute of Statistics has … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Basic education, Developing countries, Primary school, Quality of education | 2 Comments

Où va l’aide française à l’éducation? À la France, en grande partie

Posted on 2 April 2012 by Elise Legault

Par Elise Legault, chargée de recherche, Rapport mondial de suivi sur l’Éducation pour tous L’aide internationale devrait être destinée aux pays étrangers. Pourtant il existe plusieurs zones grises quant à ce qui peut être considéré comme de l’aide, et quels … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Basic education, Developing countries, Donors, Finance, Governance, Out-of-school children | 1 Comment

Where is French aid to education going? To France, mostly

Posted on 2 April 2012 by Elise Legault

By Elise Legault, research officer, Education for All Global Monitoring Report Foreign aid is supposed to go to foreign countries. But there are many grey areas in terms of what can be counted as aid, and who can be classified … Continue reading →

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Without skills, no lasting spring for Arab youth

Posted on 21 March 2012 by Hans Botnen Eide

Arab countries must provide the right skills for their large youth population if the Arab Spring is to have lasting effects, according to the 2010/2011 Arab Knowledge Report, a collaboration between the United Nations Development Programme and the Mohammed bin … Continue reading →

Posted in Arab States, Basic education, Economic growth, Employment, Governance, Literacy, Secondary school, Skills, Training, Youth | Tagged | 1 Comment