Category Archives: monitoring

SDG4-Education 2030 Steering Committee: Time for a concerted push to help countries produce the best possible data

Posted on 26 February 2018 by GEM Report

By Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) and Dankert Vedeler, Co-Chair of the SDG Education 2030 Steering Committee and Assistant Director General of the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research With so many threads coming together… … Continue reading →

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Success in Dubai: Pushing ahead on SDG 4 data

Posted on 26 January 2018 by GEM Report

By Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) and Jordan Naidoo, Director, Education 2030 Support and Coordination at UNESCO As we unpack our bags following last week’s meeting of the Technical Cooperation Group (TCG) in Dubai, it … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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The GEM Report at UKFIET 2017

Posted on 4 September 2017 by GEM Report

The 14th International Conference on Education and Development organized by UKFIET will be held this week in Oxford, England. The packed schedule includes many events with GEM Report focus as shown in the calendar below. The theme of this year’s … Continue reading →

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It’s important for regional organisations to support peer learning to help reach SDG4

Posted on 29 June 2017 by GEM Report

There are multiple indicators that have been set to help monitor progress towards SDG 4. Most of these focus on results, such as completion rates, or learning outcomes. But such numbers do not tell the whole story, and to think … Continue reading →

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Sharing, learning, leading: the E-9 countries and SDG4

Posted on 9 February 2017 by GEM Report

With the advent of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), existing education partnerships are re-assessing how best they can pool their knowledge and efforts to achieve the ambitious global goal in education (SDG4). One of those partnerships is the E-9 … Continue reading →

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Let’s decide how to monitor school-related violence

Posted on 18 January 2017 by GEM Report

Today, a large symposium is opening in South Korea on School Violence and Bullying: From Evidence to Action, with more than 250 participants from 70 countries coming together to discuss how to combat the issue. A new Global Status Report … Continue reading →

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The 1994 Genocide as Taught in Rwanda’s Classrooms

Posted on 6 January 2017 by GEM Report

This blog looks at how textbook and curricula reforms in Rwanda have worked to cover the 1994 Genocide and instill the ideals of tolerance, unity and reconciliation in students. It is part of a series of blogs on this site published … Continue reading →