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Category Archives: Basic education
Girls continue to draw the short straw.
Today we are celebrating International Day of the Girl Child and are launching the Gender Summary from the GMR 2015. It shows, yet again, the extent to which girls face the greatest challenges in accessing basic education. The theme of the … Continue reading
Posted in Adult education, Africa, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, Developing countries, Early childhood care and education, Equality, Equity, Gender, Learning, parity, Post-2015 development framework, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Teachers, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, Gender, gender. equality
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Will the growth of private schooling help achieve quality, universal and free education?
Last week, world leaders put their signature to 169 targets for the next 15 years. One of the education targets stands out in its scale of ambition: “By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality … Continue reading
The Role of the Philanthropic Sector in Achieving the Education SDG
This blog is part of a series of last minute reflections before a new education goal is set in stone. It is written by Kim Kerr, Deputy Director, Education and Learning at The MasterCard Foundation The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Basic education, integrated development, Learning, Literacy, Post-2015 development framework, private schools, private sector, sdg, sdgs, Skills, Youth
Tagged finance
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Monitoring education inequality at the global level – how and what?
By Manos Antoninis and Marcos Delprato World leaders are preparing to put pen to paper this week to conclude years of negotiations. The most emblematic pledge is likely to be the statement in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development document … Continue reading
Are We Ready for the new Sustainable Development Goals?
By Alice Albright, Chief Executive Officer of the Global Partnership for Education. This blog is part of a series of last minute reflections before a new education goal is set in stone. For several years now, we in the development … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Aid, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, Conflict, Developed countries, Developing countries, Innovative financing, mdgs, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development
Tagged aid, alice albright, development, financing, global development, global partnership for education, MDGs, Millennium Development Goals, SDGs, sustainable development
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Achieving the 2030 Education Goal by focusing on early learning
by Michelle Neuman, Program Director, Results for Development Institute. This blog is part of a series of last minute reflections before the new education agenda is set in stone. A quarter of a century after global education leaders met in Jomtien, Thailand, and … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Aid, Basic education, Developing countries, Early childhood care and education, Equality, Equity, Literacy, mdgs, Millennium Development Goals, Post-2015 development framework, Pre-primary education, Quality of education, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Teachers, Uncategorized
Tagged target 4.2
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UNESCO committed to leading coordination of new education agenda
by Jordan Naidoo, Director- Education For All and International Education Coordination, UNESCO As Education 2030 –the new international education policy—takes root, countries will begin the difficult task of reviewing their education policies and systems in order to improve education and … Continue reading
Posted in Arab States, Asia, Basic education, Developed countries, Developing countries, Early childhood care and education, Employment, Equality, Equity, Finance, Human rights, Latin America, Literacy, Marginalization, mdgs, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Post-secondary education, Pre-primary education, Primary school, Quality of education, Report, sdg, sdgs, Secondary school, Skills, Sustainable development, united nations
Tagged charity, development, education, equality, equity, post-2015, primary education, sustainable development, UNESCO, United Nations
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Reflections as a new education era dawns
This blog marks the start of a series in the run up to the UN Sustainable Development Summit to be held on 25-27 September. We have some 25 days until the new goal and targets for education from now until … Continue reading
Posted in Adult education, Africa, Basic education, Developing countries, Millennium Development Goals, sdg, sdgs, united nations
Tagged Target 4.4, target 4.6, target 4.c
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The Impossible, by Malala Yousafzai
The EFA GMR recently updated it’s costing analysis for the price of education targets from 2015-2030. The updated costing paper shows that there is an annual finance gap of $39 billion to provide pre-primary through to upper secondary education. This … Continue reading
Posted in Adult education, Africa, Aid, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, Child soldiers, Conflict, Developing countries, Donors, Early childhood care and education, Economic growth, Finance, Gender, Latin America, Learning, Legislation, Literacy, Marginalization, Nutrition, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Poverty, Pre-primary education, Primary school, Quality of education, Rural areas, sdgs, Secondary school, Teachers
Tagged conflict, finance, target 4.1
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Out-of-school numbers on the rise as aid to education falls short of 2010 levels
By Aaron Benavot, Director of the EFA Global Monitoring Report, and Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. A new paper jointly released by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) and the Education for All Global Monitoring Report … Continue reading
Posted in Aid, Basic education, Equality, Equity, Finance, Out-of-school children
Tagged finance, target 4.1
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