Category Archives: sdg

Drafting guiding principles on state obligations concerning private schools: Lessons and strategic considerations from a rights perspective

Posted on 22 January 2018 by GEM Report

By Tom Lowenthal, OxHRH Managing Editor and DPhil Candidate, University of Oxford As the Oxford Human Rights Hub’s course, Learning Lessons from Litigators, helps us to understand, children will not be educated by lawsuits alone: Just as there are tactics … Continue reading →

Posted in Human rights, private schools, privatisation, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized | Tagged human rights, private schools, RTE campaign, SDGs, target 4.1 | 2 Comments

The Tanzanian President has just banned schools from taking any money from pupils

Posted on 19 January 2018 by GEM Report

Free education? What does that really mean? Tanzania made secondary education free in 2015. But, as we know from several editions of the GEM Report, plenty of countries provide ‘free education’ and yet the cost of going to school is … Continue reading →

Posted in Finance, sdg, sdgs, Secondary school, Uncategorized | Tagged financing, secondary education, tanzania, target 4.1 | 1 Comment

Costa Rica joins the ranks of the few making pre-primary education compulsory for two years

Posted on 17 January 2018 by GEM Report

This month, for the first time, it will be mandatory for children in Costa Rica to complete two years of pre-primary education before going to primary school. This is in line with the call in Target 4.2 of the SDG … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, Pre-primary education, sdg, Uncategorized | Tagged accountability, pre-primary education, target 4.2 | 3 Comments

Key takeaways from the 2017/8 GEM Report

Posted on 1 November 2017 by GEM Report

The 2017/8 Global Education Monitoring Report, Accountability in education: Meeting our commitments, fulfils its mandate to follow countries’ progress towards achieving the global education goal but also focuses on the theme of accountability in education. Why did we choose to … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, monitoring, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized | Tagged accountability, Report, SDG, SDG4 | 2 Comments

Governments need to ensure rules are followed in education

Posted on 27 October 2017 by GEM Report

By Manos Antoninis, Director of the Global Education Monitoring Report, UNESCO No matter your job, you need standards to ensure that you are working to meet your objectives. Unfortunately, where education and schools are concerned, these standards sometimes do not … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, private schools, privatisation, sdg, sdgs, Teachers, Uncategorized | Tagged accountability, private schools, SDG4, SDGs | 3 Comments

New GEM Report says ‘Don’t just blame the teacher when the system is at fault’

Posted on 24 October 2017 by GEM Report

The 2017/8 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report was released today at global events in Maputo, Mozambique, Brasilia, Brazil and in London, UK. It stresses that accountability is indispensable in achieving SDG 4. The Report highlights the responsibility of governments to … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, Conflict, Developed countries, Developing countries, Equality, Inclusion, monitoring, privatisation, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Teachers, Testing, Training, Uncategorized | Tagged accountability, education, governance, private schools, regulations, school choice, target 4.c, teachers, Testing | 1 Comment

Education at a Glance 2017: How is the OECD engaging with SDG 4?

Posted on 4 October 2017 by GEM Report

The OECD flagship publication, Education at a Glance, has turned its attention to Sustainable Development Goal 4. This is important for confirming the universality of the agenda. But it also carries implications about how the OECD, as an organization representing … Continue reading →

Posted in monitoring, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized | Tagged monitoring, OECD, SDG, SDG4 | 1 Comment

Two years down, 13 to go – Checking in on our progress towards the SDGs

Posted on 25 September 2017 by GEM Report

Today, September 25th 2017, marks two years since the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted. This momentous anniversary is an occasion for us all to make sure the SDGs remain high on the global agenda. It’s also a chance to … Continue reading →

Posted in sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized, united nations | Tagged SDG, SDG4, UN | 3 Comments

Donors and countries are not pulling their weight in funding education

Posted on 20 September 2017 by GEM Report

Today, two events are being held during the UN General Assembly delivering a high-level political call for urgent action on education financing. As the forthcoming GEM Report due out 24 October shows, many countries and donors are not pulling their … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, Aid, Donors, Finance, Innovative financing, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized, united nations | Tagged aid, donors, edcucation, finance, financing, funding, global fund, SDG, SDG4 | Leave a comment

Save The Date: The 2017/8 GEM Report is due out 24 October, 2017

Posted on 9 August 2017 by GEM Report

The GEM Report team is pleased to announce that the 2017/8 Report, ‘Accountability in Education: Meeting our Commitments’ will be released on October 24, 2017. We can also reveal the Report’s front cover, which shows a girl protesting outside her school. … Continue reading →