Category Archives: Millennium Development Goals

The Dakar process: Substance over politics

Posted on 27 August 2014 by GEM Report

This blog looks back to the World Education Conference in Dakar in 2000 from the perspective of Abhimanyu Singh, Director UNESCO, Beijing. In the years leading up to Dakar, Abhimanyu was national EFA coordinator for India, rapporteur for the Asian … Continue reading →

Posted in Millennium Development Goals, Post-2015 development framework, Uncategorized | Tagged | 13 Comments

The Jomtien Conference in 1990 was a game changer for education

Posted on 22 August 2014 by GEM Report

This blog looks back at the start of the EFA movement, from Jomtien, to Dakar, to today. It is the first in a series of blogs taking a retrospective view of the Education for All agenda and its subsequent implementation.  Svein … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Developed countries, Developing countries, Equality, Equity, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Quality of education | Tagged | 14 Comments

Lessons from Dakar

Posted on 18 August 2014 by Manos Antoninis

This blog introduces a new series that will take a retrospective view of the Education for All agenda and its subsequent implementation.  As we reach the 500 day countdown until the end of 2015, this series creates a space for … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Developed countries, Developing countries, Millennium Development Goals, Post-2015 development framework | Tagged | 16 Comments

The new education targets still need fine-tuning

Posted on 18 July 2014 by GEM Report

The next few days are crucial for putting finishing touches on the sustainable development goals (SDGs) before they are handed over to the group who will work on the text at September’s United Nations General Assembly.  Large substantial changes are likely to … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Donors, Finance, Millennium Development Goals, Post-2015 development framework, Quality of education, Skills, Sustainable development, Teachers | 1 Comment

How can we measure global citizenship skills post 2015?

Posted on 12 June 2014 by GEM Report

In the third of our series of guest blogs on the five proposed outcome-oriented post-2015 global education targets, Bryony Hoskins, senior lecturer at the University of Southampton, looks at the challenges of measuring citizenship knowledge, skills, attitudes and values. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Citizenship, Millennium Development Goals, Post-2015 development framework, Secondary school | Tagged | 2 Comments

The Muscat Agreement: New proposed post 2015 global education goal and targets announced today

Posted on 4 June 2014 by GEM Report

A global goal and targets for the post-2015 education agenda, discussed last month at the Global Education For All Meeting in Muscat, Oman, have been announced today. This is the first important step in a process that will culminate at … Continue reading →

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The challenges and rewards of measuring global learning after 2015

Posted on 3 June 2014 by GEM Report

In the second of our guest blogs as part of a series on the five proposed outcome-oriented post-2015 global education targets, Ray Adams of the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) examines the challenges involved in reaching agreement on how … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Equality, Equity, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Primary school, Quality of education, Secondary school | 8 Comments

Post-Muscat: On track for equity, finance and measurability in the post-2015 education goals?

Posted on 16 May 2014 by Pauline Rose

Pauline Rose, professor of international education at the University of Cambridge and former director of the EFA Global Monitoring Report, reflects on progress and potential stumbling blocks towards finalizing agreement on a post-2015 education framework. It was a great pleasure … Continue reading →

Posted in Equality, Equity, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework | 5 Comments

We must say what we mean when writing post-2015 global education goals

Posted on 15 May 2014 by Kate Redman

Anyone working in communications will have a few tips to hand out for writing a compelling document. Writing must be clear and concise. With no space to waste, key messages should not be repetitive without good reason. They should be … Continue reading →

Posted in Equality, Equity, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Quality of education | 4 Comments

Global Action Week: When disability is a barrier to education

Posted on 5 May 2014 by Manos Antoninis

“Equal Right Equal Opportunity: Education and Disability” is the theme of this year’s Global Action Week. The campaign aims to raise awareness of how a disability can seriously harm a child’s chances of going to school and learning. As we … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Developing countries, Equality, Equity, Health, Learning, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Quality of education, Teachers, Training, Uncategorized | Tagged , | 4 Comments