Category Archives: Developing countries

New: Advocacy Toolkit for Teachers

Posted on 5 October 2014 by Kate Redman

Today is World Teachers Day. It is a day for teachers to speak their minds and describe the challenges and joys of their daily experiences in the classroom. It is also a day for policy makers to listen carefully to … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Developed countries, Developing countries, Early childhood care and education, Literacy, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Post-secondary education, Pre-primary education, Primary school, Sustainable development, Teachers | Tagged advocacy, education, learning, lobbying, politics, quality, skills, target 4.c, teacher, teacher unions, teachers, union | 3 Comments

New GMR booklet: Sustainable development begins with education

Posted on 18 September 2014 by GEM Report

As the General Assembly kicks off in New York, the GMR has produced a new widely-supported booklet showing that education is a catalyst for each of the proposed post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals. Education is positively intertwined with each of the proposed … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Climate change, Conflict, Democracy, Developed countries, Developing countries, Disaster preparedness, Economic growth, Employment, Environment, Equality, Famine, Gender, Governance, Health, HIV/AIDS, Human rights, Millennium Development Goals, Nutrition, Post-2015 development framework, Poverty, Reproductive health, Skills, Sustainable development | 2 Comments

The role of civil society in the Dakar World Education Forum

Posted on 10 September 2014 by GEM Report

This is the fifth in a series of blogs taking a retrospective view of the EFA agenda and its implementation. This blog looks back to the World Education Conference in Dakar in 2000 from the perspective of David Archer, Head of … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Developed countries, Developing countries, Post-2015 development framework | Tagged Dakar retrospective blog series | 16 Comments

The Jomtien Conference in 1990 was a game changer for education

Posted on 22 August 2014 by GEM Report

This blog looks back at the start of the EFA movement, from Jomtien, to Dakar, to today. It is the first in a series of blogs taking a retrospective view of the Education for All agenda and its subsequent implementation. Svein … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Developed countries, Developing countries, Equality, Equity, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Quality of education | Tagged Dakar retrospective blog series | 14 Comments

Lessons from Dakar

Posted on 18 August 2014 by Manos Antoninis

This blog introduces a new series that will take a retrospective view of the Education for All agenda and its subsequent implementation. As we reach the 500 day countdown until the end of 2015, this series creates a space for … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Developed countries, Developing countries, Millennium Development Goals, Post-2015 development framework | Tagged Dakar retrospective blog series | 16 Comments

Youth is more than the theme of the day; it’s the theme of the decade

Posted on 12 August 2014 by GEM Report

On International Youth Day, this blog looks at the continued importance of keeping the spotlight on better skills development for young people. In 2012, the Education for All Global Monitoring Report analysed the youth skills gap and reported that it … Continue reading →

Posted in Developing countries, Economic growth, Employment, Equality, Equity, Literacy, Out-of-school children, Primary school, Quality of education, Secondary school, Skills, Youth | Tagged education, employment, learning, skills, Target 4.4, unemployment, UNESCO, youth | 3 Comments

Women’s education helps avert child marriage

Posted on 21 July 2014 by GEM Report

This week, a Girl Summit is being held in London, aimed at rallying efforts to end female genital mutilation and child marriage within a generation. This blog looks at the vital role that education plays in helping reduce child marriages … Continue reading →

Posted in Developing countries, Equality, Gender, Out-of-school children, Poverty | 15 Comments

Domestic revenues will need to be mobilised to realise the 2014 GPE pledges

Posted on 1 July 2014 by Manos Antoninis

The Global Partnership for Education brought together governments and donors at its Replenishment Conference in Brussels last week. While donors fell short of the $3.5 billion target, governments stepped up to the mark. These governments will now need to work … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Basic education, Developed countries, Developing countries, Donors, Finance | 3 Comments

Aid to education has fallen by 10% since 2010

Posted on 11 June 2014 by Aaron Benavot

A new EFA Global Monitoring Report policy paper, Aid reductions threaten education goals shows that aid to education has been on a downward spiral since 2010, putting the achievement of existing and future global education goals at risk. With 250 … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Basic education, Developed countries, Developing countries, Donors, Finance, Post-2015 development framework | Tagged finance, humanitarian aid | 3 Comments

We must shelve our hopes for aid to education from Australia

Posted on 20 May 2014 by Manos Antoninis

The news that Australia’s aid budget will be cut by 10% over the next two years is worrisome for education financing. Ausaid is now closed and development has been merged into its foreign affairs and trade ministries. Combined, these two … Continue reading →