Category Archives: Literacy

New partnerships are needed to improve learning worldwide

Posted on 24 September 2013 by GEM Report

What do children and young people need to learn? And how can we measure what they have learned? For the last 18 months, the Learning Metrics Task Force has put these questions to experts and agencies worldwide. Tomorrow it presents … Continue reading →

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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 →

Posted in Asia, Basic education, Conflict, Developing countries, Equality, Equity, Gender, Literacy, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Poverty, Pre-primary education, Primary school, Quality of education, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 21 Comments

We believe education transforms lives. Do you?

Posted on 19 August 2013 by Pauline Rose

With just a few weeks to go before world leaders gather at the United Nations General Assembly, the EFA Global Monitoring Report team is launching a new website, ‘Education Transforms’, containing infographics showing education’s pivotal role in achieving progress across … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, Employment, Environment, Famine, Gender, Governance, Health, HIV/AIDS, Literacy, Millennium Development Goals, Nutrition, Post-2015 development framework, Poverty, Pre-primary education, Primary school, Reproductive health, Sustainable development, Uncategorized, Youth | 3 Comments

Supporting Malala’s education fight to get all girls into school

Posted on 10 July 2013 by Pauline Rose

By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban last year on her return from school, will celebrate her 16th birthday on Friday by delivering to the United … Continue reading →

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UN 2013 MDG Report: despite major progress, greater efforts are needed

Posted on 2 July 2013 by Pauline Rose

By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report The UN’s 2013 Millennium Development Goal report highlights the gains made so far in achieving the MDGs, but also describes the major challenges that remain. As the report … Continue reading →

Posted in Gender, Learning, Literacy, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Quality of education, Uncategorized | 4 Comments

High-Level Panel post-2015 roadmap: Close, but still some way to go

Posted on 31 May 2013 by Pauline Rose

By Pauline Rose, director of the EFA Global Monitoring Report The just-released Report of the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda is to be commended for putting forward a clear roadmap for the way ahead. Feeding … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Developing countries, Equity, Finance, Gender, Literacy, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Primary school, Quality of education, Uncategorized | 4 Comments

Sustainable development begins with education

Posted on 23 May 2013 by Pauline Rose

By Pauline Rose, director of the EFA Global Monitoring Report As the post-2015 goal-setting process continues, education has increasingly been discussed as not only a development goal in its own right, but also a key way of reaching other development … Continue reading →

Posted in Developing countries, Economic growth, Employment, Environment, Equality, Equity, Literacy, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Poverty, Quality of education, Sustainable development, Teachers, Uncategorized | 7 Comments

After Dakar: How does adult learning fit into post-2015 education aims?

Posted on 29 April 2013 by EFA Editor

By Alan Tuckett, president of the International Council for Adult Education When education policymakers overlook the importance of adult learning, it doesn’t just let down adults who could benefit from a greater commitment to their needs. It also fails to … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult education, Equity, Literacy, Millennium Development Goals, Post-2015 development framework, Training | 7 Comments

Ending education’s ‘hidden exclusion’

Posted on 24 April 2013 by EFA Editor

A new report from Save the Children, Ending the Hidden Exclusion: Learning and equity in education post-2015, offers a detailed assessment of the challenges facing global education. The report’s key argument is outlined here by four Save the Children education … Continue reading →

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Post-2015: If we don’t tackle educational inequality, we’ll fail the fairness test

Posted on 20 March 2013 by GEM Report

By Will Paxton, head of education policy and advocacy for Save the Children UK and chair of the Global Campaign for Education UK’s Policy Group, and Anthony Davis, policy adviser for Plan UK As debates about the post-2015 development framework … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Developing countries, Early childhood care and education, Gender, Human rights, Learning, Literacy, Marginalization, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Pre-primary education, Primary school, Quality of education, Uncategorized | 4 Comments