Category Archives: Quality of education

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

Valuing teachers is about more than their salaries

Posted on 14 October 2013 by GEM Report

By Sunny Varkey, founder and trustee of the Varkey GEMS Foundation, is a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for education partnerships I am immensely proud that my parents were teachers. I recently asked my mother what she believed they had achieved by … Continue reading →

Posted in Employment, Learning, Quality of education, Skills, Teachers, Training | 9 Comments

Why girls’ education matters

Posted on 10 October 2013 by GEM Report

With 31 million girls of primary school age out of school, and 17 million expected never to enter school at all, the situation for girls’ education desperately needs addressing. But why does it matter? This Friday is International Day of the Girl Child, where … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Developing countries, Employment, Environment, Equality, Equity, Gender, Literacy, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Quality of education, Uncategorized | Tagged education, Education for All, equality, equity, Gender, girls, post-2015, post2015 | 11 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

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

Multilateral agencies should renew their commitment to basic education

Posted on 25 September 2013 by Pauline Rose

The international community, and multilateral agencies in particular, have vast potential to mobilize financial resources to help fill the $26 billion annual funding gap for education, according to a new paper. Here Pauline Rose, director of the EFA Global Monitoring Report, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Basic education, Donors, Finance, Primary school, Quality of education | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Basic education, Finance, Learning, Literacy, Marginalization, Quality of education, Skills, Teachers, Testing, Training | Tagged education, Education for All, equity, learning, learning for all, literacy, MDG, post-2015, poverty | 3 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 equality, Gender, Malala, post-2015 | 21 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 →