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Category Archives: Literacy
A Data Revolution for Education 2030
By Jordan Naidoo, Director of Education at UNESCO, and Sylvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). The fourth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) is a global dream about quality education for all children, youth and adults. But this ambitious … Continue reading
Education cannot wait, and yet it always does
For many years now there have been calls for greater attention to education in crisis situations from a multitude of advocacy organisations and influential spokespeople. Despite this noise, although there have been some indications of progress, there have been no … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Aid, Conflict, Developed countries, Developing countries, emergencies, Finance, fragile states, Literacy, Out-of-school children, refugees, syria
Tagged afghanistan, conflict, Finance, humanitarian aid, iraq, refugees, syria, Target 4.a
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Are you a teacher? Join us and become an advocate for education
Posted in Learning, Literacy, pedagogy, Quality of education, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Teachers, teaching
Tagged target 4.c
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Educating migrants will be the first SDG challenge for rich countries
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 #Target 4.5, migrants, refugees
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The Role of the Philanthropic Sector in Achieving the Education SDG
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 finance
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The new agenda for education in Argentina (and Latin America)
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
Achieving the 2030 Education Goal by focusing on early learning
by Michelle Neuman, Program Director, Results for Development Institute. This blog is part of a series of last minute reflections before the new education agenda is set in stone. A quarter of a century after global education leaders met in Jomtien, Thailand, and … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Aid, Basic education, Developing countries, Early childhood care and education, Equality, Equity, Literacy, mdgs, Millennium Development Goals, Post-2015 development framework, Pre-primary education, Quality of education, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Teachers, Uncategorized
Tagged target 4.2
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What kind and level of literacy will create sustainable societies?
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 Target 4.4, target 4.6
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UNESCO committed to leading coordination of new education agenda
by Jordan Naidoo, Director- Education For All and International Education Coordination, UNESCO As Education 2030 –the new international education policy—takes root, countries will begin the difficult task of reviewing their education policies and systems in order to improve education and … Continue reading
Posted in Arab States, Asia, Basic education, Developed countries, Developing countries, Early childhood care and education, Employment, Equality, Equity, Finance, Human rights, Latin America, 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, Report, sdg, sdgs, Secondary school, Skills, Sustainable development, united nations
Tagged charity, development, education, equality, equity, post-2015, primary education, sustainable development, UNESCO, United Nations
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The Impossible, by Malala Yousafzai
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 conflict, finance, target 4.1
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