Category Archives: Learning

Girls continue to draw the short straw.

Posted on 12 October 2015 by Aaron Benavot

Today we are celebrating International Day of the Girl Child and are launching the Gender Summary from the GMR 2015. It shows, yet again, the extent to which girls face the greatest challenges in accessing basic education. The theme of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult education, Africa, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, Developing countries, Early childhood care and education, Equality, Equity, Gender, Learning, parity, Post-2015 development framework, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Teachers, Uncategorized | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Are you a teacher? Join us and become an advocate for education

Posted on 5 October 2015 by GEM Report
Posted in Learning, Literacy, pedagogy, Quality of education, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Teachers, teaching | Tagged | 4 Comments

Educating migrants will be the first SDG challenge for rich countries

Posted on 2 October 2015 by GEM Report

It is impossible to turn a blind eye to the arrival of so many hundreds of thousands of migrants* into Europe recently. According to Save the Children, this includes the highest number of child migrants seen since the end of … Continue reading →

Posted in Conflict, curriculum, immigration, Language, Learning, Literacy, Marginalization, pedagogy, refugees, sdg, sdgs, Teachers, teaching | Tagged , , | 4 Comments

The Role of the Philanthropic Sector in Achieving the Education SDG

Posted on 25 September 2015 by GEM Report

This blog is part of a series of last minute reflections before a new education goal is set in stone. It is written by Kim Kerr, Deputy Director, Education and Learning at The MasterCard Foundation The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Basic education, integrated development, Learning, Literacy, Post-2015 development framework, private schools, private sector, sdg, sdgs, Skills, Youth | Tagged | 2 Comments

The new agenda for education in Argentina (and Latin America)

Posted on 24 September 2015 by GEM Report

This blog is part of a series of last minute reflections before the new education agenda is set in stone at the UN General Assembly this week. It is written by Juan Carlos Tedesco, academic and previous Minister for Education … Continue reading →

Posted in curriculum, Developing countries, Economic growth, Equality, Latin America, Learning, Literacy, Marginalization, pedagogy, Post-2015 development framework, sdg, sdgs, Teachers, teaching | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

What kind and level of literacy will create sustainable societies?

Posted on 8 September 2015 by Aaron Benavot

Today is International Literacy Day, focusing on the theme of ‘Literacy and sustainable societies’. The day will pay particular attention to exploring and consolidating the synergies between literacy and each one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be adopted at … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult education, Africa, Developed countries, Developing countries, Economic growth, Employment, Equality, Equity, Learning, Literacy, Marginalization, mdgs, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Post-secondary education, Quality of education, sdg, sdgs, Secondary school, Skills, Sustainable development, Teachers, Training | Tagged , | 7 Comments

The Impossible, by Malala Yousafzai

Posted on 7 July 2015 by GEM Report

The EFA GMR recently updated it’s costing analysis for the price of education targets from 2015-2030. The updated costing paper shows that there is an annual finance gap of $39 billion to provide pre-primary through to upper secondary education. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult education, Africa, Aid, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, Child soldiers, Conflict, Developing countries, Donors, Early childhood care and education, Economic growth, Finance, Gender, Latin America, Learning, Legislation, Literacy, Marginalization, Nutrition, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Poverty, Pre-primary education, Primary school, Quality of education, Rural areas, sdgs, Secondary school, Teachers | Tagged , , | 5 Comments

Oslo: Investing in teachers is investing in learning

Posted on 3 July 2015 by Manos Antoninis

  The Oslo Summit on Education for Development, which starts on Monday, is part of the global relay race to bring education back to the top of the development agenda by the end of 2015. It is taking the baton … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Aid, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, Developing countries, Equality, Equity, Language, Learning, Literacy, Marginalization, mdgs, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Post-secondary education, Pre-primary education, Primary school, Quality of education, sdgs, Secondary school, Sustainable development | Tagged , | 7 Comments

Conflict exacerbates already existing inequalities

Posted on 25 June 2015 by GEM Report

The EFA GMR’s last report showed that only a third of countries had reached global education goals set in 2000, and identified conflict as one of the major barriers to achieving better results. A new paper out yesterday in time … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Conflict, Equality, Gender, Human rights, Learning, Marginalization, Out-of-school children, Quality of education, Refugees and displaced people | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Why media reports about learning assessment data make me cringe

Posted on 17 June 2015 by GEM Report

By Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. With a new set of post-2015 education goals and targets on the horizon, the international community is looking to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) to help collect global data … Continue reading →

Posted in Equality, Finance, Learning, Legislation, Poverty, Quality of education, Teachers | Tagged | 1 Comment