Category Archives: Equality

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

More children are in school – but are they learning?

Posted on 30 April 2012 by EFA Editor

By Susan Davis, president and chief executive, BRAC USA With the Education for All goals and the Millennium Development Goal of universal primary education by 2015 on our minds, perhaps it’s time to start thinking about measurements of educational quality, rather than … Continue reading →

Posted in Developing countries, Employment, Equality, Equity, Gender, Innovative financing, Marginalization, Skills, Training, Youth | 5 Comments

Rural women miss out on education — and decent jobs

Posted on 5 March 2012 by Pauline Rose

By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day on March 8, “Empower Rural Women,” sheds light on the struggle that many poor, rural women face in completing even … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Developing countries, Employment, Equality, Gender, Literacy, Marginalization, Out-of-school children, Rural areas, Skills, Training, Youth | 18 Comments

The struggle to learn skills in the city

Posted on 28 February 2012 by Hans Botnen Eide

UNICEF’s flagship annual report, launched today, focuses on the lives of marginalized children in urban areas. The State of the World’s Children 2012 finds that children in urban environments are often denied their right to education, leaving many without the … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Economic growth, Employment, Equality, Gender, Governance, Literacy, Marginalization, Out-of-school children, Poverty, Skills, Training, Urbanization, Youth | 5 Comments

Listening to the voices of young people

Posted on 27 February 2012 by Hans Botnen Eide

No one feels more strongly than young people themselves the mismatch between the jobs that are available and the skills that they acquire in education systems. Or, for many, the skills they don’t get a chance to acquire: 74 million … Continue reading →

Posted in Employment, Equality, Marginalization, Skills, Training, Youth | 2 Comments

Who is responsible for developing youth skills?

Posted on 23 February 2012 by Hans Botnen Eide

What role should the private sector play in developing the skills of young people? That’s one of the questions likely to come up at two international events on the theme of our upcoming 2012 Education for All Global Monitoring Report … Continue reading →

Posted in Economic growth, Employment, Equality, Governance, Marginalization, Skills, Training, Youth | Tagged Target 4.4 | 3 Comments

Why school should speak your language

Posted on 20 February 2012 by Hans Botnen Eide

People whose mother tongue is different from their country’s official language can find this a barrier to thriving in society. But does that mean children should be educated only in the official language? It’s a complex question. As we found … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Employment, Equality, Ethnicity, Language, Marginalization, Out-of-school children | 8 Comments

World Youth Report puts focus on skills

Posted on 10 February 2012 by EFA Editor

As youth unemployment figures continue to rise in many parts of the world, the need for young people to have the skills that employers want is drawing more and more attention – not least from the young themselves. Their voices … Continue reading →

Posted in Economic growth, Employment, Equality, Governance, Skills, Training, Youth | Tagged Target 4.4 | 3 Comments

How do skills develop? Cognitive neuroscience offers some insights

Posted on 7 February 2012 by EFA Editor

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 →

Posted in Basic education, Developing countries, Early childhood care and education, Equality, Literacy, Marginalization, Skills, Teachers, Training, Youth | 5 Comments

Help us picture the future!

Posted on 2 February 2012 by EFA Editor

We’re running an artwork contest for young people on the theme of youth, skills and work – the focus of our forthcoming 2012 Education for All Global Monitoring Report. The winner’s work will be used in the report. The contest … Continue reading →