Category Archives: Literacy

Education needs to fundamentally change if we are to reach our global development goals

Posted on 6 September 2016 by GEM Report

The new Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report by UNESCO, released this morning, shows the vast potential for education to propel progress towards all global goals outlined in the new Sustainable Development Agenda (SDGs). But, if education is to fulfill that … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, Adult education, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, child marriage, Citizenship, Climate change, Conflict, curriculum, data, Developed countries, Equity, Ethnicity, Gender, Governance, Human rights, ICT, immigration, integrated development, Language, Latin America, Learning, Legislation, Literacy, Marginalization, pedagogy, Post-2015 development framework, Post-secondary education, Poverty, Pre-primary education, Primary school, private schools, private sector, Production, Rural areas, Sexual violence, SRGBV, Sustainable development, Uncategorized, united nations | Tagged target 4.6, target 4.7 | 6 Comments

How to help people love learning

Posted on 11 July 2016 by GEM Report

By Muhammad Usman, Pakistan, a 2016 PAL Network Fellow, and ASER Pakistan’s Data Analyst We listen to the same music. We watch the same movies. We eat the same food. We farm the same land. We speak the same language. … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Literacy, teaching, Uncategorized | Tagged education, learning, literacy, reading | 7 Comments

Good news: Gender equality due to make its way into the global education indicators

Posted on 2 March 2016 by GEM Report

This blog celebrates the expectation that there will be a new indicator proposed to monitor target 4.7 on sustainable development and global citizenship from the one currently listed in the reports by the Inter-Agency and Expert Group. Moreover, it is expected that … Continue reading →

Posted in Equality, Equity, Gender, Learning, Literacy, Marginalization, Post-2015 development framework, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Uncategorized | Tagged #Target 4.5, gender. equality | 3 Comments

When the challenge is teaching teachers English

Posted on 26 February 2016 by GEM Report

Sarah Wiles is a communications specialist for Voluntary Services Overseas in Papua New Guinea, where she has been living for the past three years. Papua New Guinea (PNG) is the most linguistically diverse country in the world with over 850 … Continue reading →

Posted in Language, Learning, Literacy, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Teachers, teaching, technology, Training, Uncategorized | Tagged Papua New Guinea, target 4.1, Target 4.a, target 4.c | 3 Comments

Introducing Bilingual Intercultural Education in Peru

Posted on 25 February 2016 by GEM Report

View the original version of this blog in Spanish. Elena Burga Cabrera, Director-General for Bilingual and Rural Intercultural Education (DIGEIBIR of the MINEDU – Ministry of Education, Peru In Peru, most Peruvians speak Castilian Spanish at home, but there are also … Continue reading →

Posted in Early childhood care and education, Language, Learning, Literacy, Marginalization, Post-2015 development framework, Pre-primary education, Primary school, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized | Tagged #Target 4.5, language, peru | 2 Comments

South Africa: proof that language in school can be a source of grievance if not done right

Posted on 22 February 2016 by GEM Report

The Soweto uprising is probably one of the most impactful demonstrations for language and learning rights to take place across the globe. It placed the anti-apartheid struggle on an international platform and presented a massive shift in gear for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Democracy, Human rights, Literacy, Uncategorized, Youth | Tagged #Target 4.5, language, south africa | 3 Comments

Books for Every Child: The Global Book Fund

Posted on 8 February 2016 by GEM Report

Penelope Bender, Learning Team Lead, USAID’s Office of Education (@penelopebender, @USAIDEducation) Despite the education sector’s longstanding call of “Education For All,”children in many countries are not learning to read and cannot read to learn. The right to education is not … Continue reading →

Posted in Early childhood care and education, Finance, Language, Learning, Literacy, teaching, technology, Uncategorized | Tagged textbooks | 4 Comments

How we could triple the availability of textbooks

Posted on 19 January 2016 by Aaron Benavot

Our first new policy paper as the GEM Report is out today and shows how altering the textbook market to a more centralised finance model could take up to $3 off the price of each book. Combining this approach with … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Aid, Basic education, curriculum, Developing countries, Donors, Equity, Innovative financing, Learning, Literacy, Marginalization, Primary school, Quality of education, sdgs, Uncategorized, united nations | Tagged target 4.1, textbooks | 9 Comments

Tanzania abolishes secondary school fees. But does anything come for free?

Posted on 15 December 2015 by GEM Report

It is extremely good news to hear that the United Republic of Tanzania has cancelled school fees at the secondary level. This new policy aims to free families from any fees and contributions to education for 11 years of schooling. … Continue reading →

Posted in Developing countries, Literacy, Marginalization, mdgs, sdg, sdgs, Secondary school, Uncategorized | Tagged tanzania, target 4.1 | 21 Comments

Education 2030 Framework for Action: let’s get started

Posted on 4 November 2015 by Aaron Benavot

by Aaron Benavot and Manos Antoninis The Education 2030 Framework for Action was adopted today in a high level meeting alongside the 38th UNESCO General Conference. What is this document and what does it mean for our work over the … Continue reading →