Category Archives: sdg

Humanitarian aid: education’s double disadvantage

Posted on 23 May 2016 by GEM Report

The GEM Report’s recent paper on trends of aid to education shows how education remains an under-prioritised and underfunded sector of humanitarian aid. Humanitarian aid makes up only a small share of the external financing that countries receive for education. … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Conflict, Finance, fragile states, Primary school, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized, united nations, violence | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Getting down to business: The Global Alliance to Monitor Learning

Posted on 12 May 2016 by GEM Report

By Claudia Costin, Senior Director for Education at the World Bank, and Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics We have just launched the ‘go to’ initiative on the monitoring of learning worldwide: The Global Alliance to Monitor … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, data, Developed countries, Developing countries, monitoring, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Uncategorized | Tagged | 8 Comments

We’ve been told: your advice for the GEM 2017 on accountability in education

Posted on 2 May 2016 by GEM Report

The consultation for the 2017 GEM Report on Accountability in Education is soon to close. This blog contains some of the suggestions made by commentators for the GEM Report to consider as it embarks upon the research. Full comments can … Continue reading →

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Do international rankings of universities help make them more accountable?

Posted on 13 April 2016 by GEM Report

The GEM Report 2017 will be looking at how we can improve accountability in education. Hoping to engage people in the types of issues our Report will address, we are running a series of twitter polls to accompany our online … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, Governance, Post-2015 development framework, Post-secondary education, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Is tying student results to teacher performance pay the best way to hold teachers to account?

Posted on 24 March 2016 by GEM Report

Teachers around the world have a commitment to meet a range of learners’ needs, from engaging them in meaningful and relevant learning experiences and supporting their cognitive and social development to being responsible for their care and physical safety. They … Continue reading →

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Consultation now open for the 2017 GEM Report: Accountability in Education

Posted on 9 March 2016 by GEM Report

The second in the GEM Report series will investigate, analyse and propose concrete recommendations related to accountability in education. A full concept note describing how the GEM will go about addressing the issue is now available. We invite all to share … Continue reading →

Posted in Legislation, Post-2015 development framework, Report, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized | Tagged | 7 Comments

Good news: Gender equality due to make its way into the global education indicators

Posted on 2 March 2016 by GEM Report

This blog celebrates the expectation that there will be a new indicator proposed to monitor target 4.7 on sustainable development and global citizenship from the one currently listed in the reports by the Inter-Agency and Expert Group. Moreover, it is expected that … Continue reading →

Posted in Equality, Equity, Gender, Learning, Literacy, Marginalization, Post-2015 development framework, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Uncategorized | Tagged , | 3 Comments

SDG4: More than the sum of its parts?

Posted on 29 February 2016 by GEM Report

There are ten targets within the new global education goal that were negotiated at length to be part of a comprehensive, integrated and ambitious SDG agenda relevant to all countries. Yet, as many have mentioned, the 17 goals in the … Continue reading →

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When the challenge is teaching teachers English

Posted on 26 February 2016 by GEM Report

Sarah Wiles is a communications specialist for Voluntary Services Overseas in Papua New Guinea, where she has been living for the past three years. Papua New Guinea (PNG) is the most linguistically diverse country in the world with over 850 … Continue reading →

Posted in Language, Learning, Literacy, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Teachers, teaching, technology, Training, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

Introducing Bilingual Intercultural Education in Peru

Posted on 25 February 2016 by GEM Report

View the original version of this blog in Spanish. Elena Burga Cabrera, Director-General for Bilingual and Rural Intercultural Education (DIGEIBIR of the MINEDU – Ministry of Education, Peru  In Peru, most Peruvians speak Castilian Spanish at home, but there are also … Continue reading →

Posted in Early childhood care and education, Language, Learning, Literacy, Marginalization, Post-2015 development framework, Pre-primary education, Primary school, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized | Tagged , , | 2 Comments