Category Archives: Equity

Join our #TeacherTuesday campaign

Posted on 19 February 2014 by Kate Redman

Around the world, teachers work in conflict zones and urban slums, and in multigrade and multilingual classrooms that are often overcrowded. They experience the joy of seeing children learn and the frustration of trying to cope without the materials they … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Asia, Basic education, Developing countries, Early childhood care and education, Equality, Equity, Gender, Language, Latin America, Learning, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Post-secondary education, Poverty, Pre-primary education, Primary school, Quality of education, Teachers | Tagged #TeacherTuesday Blog Series, education, Education for All, equality, equity, learning, post-2015, quality, target 4.c, teachers, teaching | 5 Comments

Let’s clarify the definition of aid to education so that it benefits the poorest

Posted on 17 February 2014 by Manos Antoninis

What is aid? Most people would agree with the dictionary that says aid is “material help given by one country to another” – and would expect aid to go to those most in need. But almost a fifth of what … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Aid, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, Developed countries, Developing countries, Donors, Equality, Equity, Finance, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework | Tagged aid, basic education, developing countries, donor, donors, education, Education for All, finance, financing, Global Monitoring Report, governance, post-2015, primary education | 3 Comments

We can get more children into school and improve their learning

Posted on 11 February 2014 by GEM Report

By Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister of Ethiopia In Ethiopia, we have reason to be very proud of the progress we have made in education over the past decade. In 1999, just 37% of children were going to primary school. By … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Aid, Basic education, Equality, Equity, Out-of-school children, Poverty, Quality of education | 1 Comment

Farewell, thank you and hopes for the future from the EFA GMR Director

Posted on 7 February 2014 by Pauline Rose

The scale of the global learning crisis, the need to support teachers to address this, and the importance of putting equality at the heart of post-2015 education goals – vital messages from the 2013/4 Education for All Monitoring Report – … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Asia, Developing countries, Equality, Equity, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework | 3 Comments

Let’s make sure our education pledges reach every corner of the world

Posted on 5 February 2014 by Pauline Rose

What does equity in education mean? How is it related to equality? And how can we work towards both? As delegates from around the world focus this week on the place of equity in post-2015 development goals, we look at … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Equity, Gender, Learning, Post-2015 development framework, Rural areas | 5 Comments

Have we kept our 2013 education promises? Top 10 blogs say yes!

Posted on 19 December 2013 by Pauline Rose

My blog at the beginning of 2013 set out three areas in which we hoped the education community would make progress towards post-2015 goals this year: devising an overarching education goal as part of a broader post-2015 framework; identifying approaches … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Basic education, Conflict, Developing countries, Donors, Equality, Equity, Learning, Millennium Development Goals, Post-2015 development framework, Quality of education, Teachers | 9 Comments

PISA results show the power of better education policies

Posted on 3 December 2013 by GEM Report

The latest findings of the triennial Programme for International Student Assessment are released today. Andreas Schleicher, who directs the OECD programme, looks at some of the recipes for success in countries that have performed well. International comparisons are never easy … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Developed countries, Developing countries, Economic growth, Employment, Environment, Equality, Equity, Gender, Governance, North America, Quality of education, Teachers, Training | 4 Comments

Holding business to account for learning outcomes – what are the risks?

Posted on 22 November 2013 by Pauline Rose

With quality of education becoming recognized as a vital component of post-2015 development goals, measuring how much children are learning is high on the global agenda. The Learning Metrics Task Force recently brought together education experts to discuss how to … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Donors, Equity, Ethnicity, Finance, Innovative financing, Language, Learning, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Quality of education | 16 Comments

Why girls’ education matters

Posted on 10 October 2013 by GEM Report

With 31 million girls of primary school age out of school, and 17 million expected never to enter school at all, the situation for girls’ education desperately needs addressing. But why does it matter? This Friday is International Day of the Girl Child, where … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Developing countries, Employment, Environment, Equality, Equity, Gender, Literacy, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Quality of education, Uncategorized | Tagged education, Education for All, equality, equity, Gender, girls, post-2015, post2015 | 11 Comments

Education gives girls dignity

Posted on 20 September 2013 by GEM Report

Speech, by Mariam Khalique, teacher of Pakistani school girl Malala Yousafzai, at an event in New York for the release of the Education For All Global Monitoring Report’s new analysis, Education Transforms. “Bismillah! In the name of ALLAH, the most … Continue reading →