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Category Archives: Early childhood care and education
Beyond 2015: Continuing and complementing the GMR
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
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
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
BRIEFLY: 200 million children denied their right to early childhood care and education
To mark Education for All Global Action Week, the Global Campaign for Education is launching a report today that considers early childhood care and education – the focus of the week – from the point of view of human rights. … Continue reading
Posted in Donors, Early childhood care and education, Equity, Human rights, Pre-primary education
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How pre-school can transform children’s chances
Young children are ready to learn, but their early experiences are crucial in facilitating their learning. As we explain in our new policy paper on early childhood care and education, there is striking evidence that extending pre-school access to the … Continue reading
Children who need pre-school most are missing out
By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report Young children who are marginalized by poverty or other factors stand to benefit most from early childhood care and education – but across the world, they are the … Continue reading
How education leads to better health
In 2008, 1.8 million children’s lives could have been saved if all mothers had secondary education, according to the 2011 Education for All Global Monitoring Report. That’s just one of the many health benefits of maternal education that we have … Continue reading
Posted in Early childhood care and education, Health, HIV/AIDS
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How do skills develop? Cognitive neuroscience offers some insights
By Helen Abadzi, Senior Education Specialist, Global Partnership for Education Developing countries want their citizens to acquire and use complex skills, but there is much debate over the best ways to achieve this (as the 2012 Education for All Global … Continue reading
Skills are the key to fighting inequality, OECD says
A new report from the OECD argues that focusing on skills – the subject of the forthcoming 2012 Education for All Global Monitoring Report – is essential to combat rising wage inequality, which traps many people, especially the young and the … Continue reading
Letter to the 7 billionth human being
Français | Español Welcome! It might be scary to know that you’re sharing the planet with so many people! But it will be OK. You want to know what will make all the difference? Education. Here is an A-B-C to get … Continue reading
