Category Archives: Post-2015 development framework

Holding business to account for learning outcomes – what are the risks?

Posted on 22 November 2013 by Pauline Rose

With quality of education becoming recognized as a vital component of post-2015 development goals, measuring how much children are learning is high on the global agenda. The Learning Metrics Task Force recently brought together education experts to discuss how to … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Donors, Equity, Ethnicity, Finance, Innovative financing, Language, Learning, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Quality of education | 16 Comments

Why we need a global education framework after 2015

Posted on 6 November 2013 by Pauline Rose

By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report With the 2015 deadline for the Education for All goals fast approaching, international attention is focusing on what will succeed them. It is crucial that a clear, overarching … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult education, Developing countries, Equality, Literacy, Millennium Development Goals, Post-2015 development framework, Quality of education, Skills | 13 Comments

We will never eradicate poverty without quality education for all

Posted on 17 October 2013 by GEM Report

As the world marks International Day for Eradication of Poverty, it is crucial to spread the message that equal access to quality education plays a key role in eradicating poverty.  Since 1990, although rates have been cut in half, 21% … Continue reading →

Posted in Economic growth, Employment, Equality, Famine, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Poverty, Quality of education | 44 Comments

World Teachers’ Day shines spotlight on global teacher shortage

Posted on 3 October 2013 by Pauline Rose

By Albert Motivans, head of education indicators and data analysis, UNESCO Institute of Statistics, and Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report This year’s World Teachers’ Day, on October 5, focuses on one of the most … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Basic education, Developing countries, Employment, Health, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Quality of education, Teachers, Training | 9 Comments

The teacher-led push for quality education

Posted on 30 September 2013 by GEM Report

By Fred van Leeuwen, general secretary of Education International, the global federation of teacher unions It is clear that the world will not meet the goal of universal primary education by the year 2015 as planned in the United Nation’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Equality, Learning, Literacy, Millennium Development Goals, Post-2015 development framework, Teachers, Training | 6 Comments

Post 2015: The UN General Assembly has told us what, now we need to define how

Posted on 26 September 2013 by GEM Report

The roadmap for the international development agenda after 2015 was approved yesterday at a special event at the UN General Assembly. The UN Secretary-General said that the post‐2015 framework “must be bold in ambition yet simple in design, supported by … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Conflict, Donors, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Poverty | 1 Comment

Recommendations for the future of the UN Secretary-General’s Global Education First Initiative

Posted on 25 September 2013 by GEM Report

In September 2012, the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, launched the Global Education First Initiative. To mark the one-year anniversary of the Initiative, the Education for All Global Monitoring Report has been asked to prepare an independent, light touch review. … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Millennium Development Goals, Post-2015 development framework, Poverty, Primary school, Quality of education, Teachers | 2 Comments

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

New data launched today: Education Transforms Lives

Posted on 19 September 2013 by GEM Report

Today, one week before world leaders meet at the UN General Assembly, we have released new analysis confirming that education lights every stage of the journey to a better life, especially for the poor and the most vulnerable. Education’s unique power … Continue reading →

Posted in Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Our new evidence underlines education’s unique transformative power

Posted on 12 September 2013 by GEM Report

Next week we will release new analysis showing how education transforms lives. Presented as a booklet with infographics by Information is Beautiful, the analysis will demonstrate education’s unrivalled power to boost wider development goals. In two weeks’ time, the shape … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Climate change, Conflict, Democracy, Early childhood care and education, Economic growth, Employment, Environment, Equality, Gender, Governance, Health, HIV/AIDS, Human rights, Millennium Development Goals, Nutrition, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Poverty, Quality of education | 1 Comment