Category Archives: Developing countries

Bangladesh faces a skills development challenge

Afsan Chowdhury, senior communications adviser for the non-government organization BRAC, looks at what Bangladesh needs to do to bridge the skills deficit that is revealed in the 2012 Education for All Global Monitoring Report. This article was first published in The Daily Star, … Continue reading

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How many teachers does the world need?

To celebrate World Teacher’s Day, 5 October, we invited Albert Motivans from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics to provide some insights into how the lack of teachers affects progress towards Education for All. Massive teacher shortages are quietly looming over … Continue reading

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How can we promote fairness in access to education beyond 2015?

As the UN Secretary General launches his Education First initiative and as the new World Inequality Database on Education (WIDE) goes live, Will Paxton from Save the Children – drawing on new research from Rwanda – asks what the implications … Continue reading

Posted in Africa, Developing countries, Equality, Equity, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals | 1 Comment

The World Inequality Database on Education (WIDE) – a new visualization tool to measure marginalization

To coincide with the launch of the UN Secretary-General’s Education First initiative, the Education for All Global Monitoring Report Team will launch a new interactive website tomorrow – the World Inequality Database on Education (WIDE). In an exclusive preview for … Continue reading

Posted in Basic education, Developed countries, Developing countries, Equality, Equity, Marginalization, Poverty, Primary school | 15 Comments

In South Sudan, many girls are missing out on school

Today, July 9, South Sudan celebrates its first anniversary. Since independence, education has been a key priority for the government. But many challenges remain – especially girls’ access to education. It’s been a rough start for the world’s youngest country. … Continue reading

Posted in Africa, Aid, Basic education, Conflict, Developing countries, Donors, Finance, Governance, Marginalization, Out-of-school children, Refugees and displaced people | 11 Comments

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

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

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

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

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

Food crisis is also an education crisis

By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report Hunger and malnutrition are urgent development problems, despite the fact that the world has the capacity to feed everyone. They also have devastating effects on education, robbing millions … Continue reading

Posted in Africa, Aid, Developing countries, Donors, Early childhood care and education, Famine, Finance, Governance, Group of 8, Nutrition | 1 Comment

Africa Progress Report calls for big push on education

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