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Category Archives: Marginalization
Education and jobs: hot topics for International Youth Day
With one in eight young people out of work, education and employment are urgent topics of discussion for this year’s International Youth Day on August 12.. Education’s crucial role in providing young people with the skills they need for solid … Continue reading
Posted in Basic education, Economic growth, Employment, Equality, Marginalization, Skills, Training, Youth
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In South Sudan, many girls are missing out on school
Today, July 9, South Sudan celebrates its first anniversary. Since independence, education has been a key priority for the government. But many challenges remain – especially girls’ access to education. It’s been a rough start for the world’s youngest country. … Continue reading
Telling the truth and shaping a vision for education
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report, we have invited the Report’s previous directors to share their views on progress and prospects for Education for All. By Kevin Watkins Was it really three years? When I … Continue reading
Let’s not forget 61 million out-of-school children at Rio+20
By Pauline Rose, Director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report, and Albert Motivans, Head of Education Statistics at the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. On the eve of the Rio+20 conference, the Education for All Global Monitoring Report and … Continue reading
Measuring and improving skills – the new ‘global currency’
The OECD Skills Strategy, launched this week at the OECD Forum, underlines the importance of our focus on the marginalized in the forthcoming 2012 Education for All Global Monitoring Report, on youth, skills and work. While those who are in … Continue reading
Posted in Employment, Marginalization, Skills, Training, Youth
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Africa Progress Report calls for big push on education
Urgent action is needed to tackle a “twin crisis” in access to education and the quality of teaching, according to the 2012 Africa Progress Report, Jobs, Justice and Equity: Seizing Opportunities in Times of Global Change, which was launched on … Continue reading
BRIEFLY: Skills for work on the agenda in Shanghai
With high youth unemployment making headlines around the world, it is more crucial than ever to give young people a chance to learn the skills that employers need. Policy makers and education specialists from around the world will tackle these issues … Continue reading
Posted in Employment, Equity, Marginalization, Skills, Training, Youth
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More children are in school – but are they learning?
By Susan Davis, president and chief executive, BRAC USA With the Education for All goals and the Millennium Development Goal of universal primary education by 2015 on our minds, perhaps it’s time to start thinking about measurements of educational quality, rather than … Continue reading
Posted in Developing countries, Employment, Equality, Equity, Gender, Innovative financing, Marginalization, Skills, Training, Youth
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How pre-school can transform children’s chances
Young children are ready to learn, but their early experiences are crucial in facilitating their learning. As we explain in our new policy paper on early childhood care and education, there is striking evidence that extending pre-school access to the … Continue reading
Children who need pre-school most are missing out
By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report Young children who are marginalized by poverty or other factors stand to benefit most from early childhood care and education – but across the world, they are the … Continue reading
