Category Archives: sdgs

One more week until the application deadline for the GEM Report Fellowship

Posted on 21 September 2018 by GEM Report

The deadline for proposals to become the first GEM Report Fellows is next Friday, 28 September. The expected start to the fellowship is January 2019. The new Fellowship programme, supported by the Open Society Foundations, aims to strengthen the evidence … Continue reading →

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Is global education data heading toward fragmentation?

Posted on 19 September 2018 by GEM Report

A month ago, an article in Devex described the risk of fragmentation posed by the explosion of new international education financing mechanisms– especially as the pool of funding remains constant. Yet, the risk of fragmentation does not seem to apply … Continue reading →

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Charting the Pacific: the importance of national monitoring reports for mapping education trends and challenges in the region

Posted on 29 August 2018 by GEM Report

In this blog, the Pacific Community’s Education Quality and Assessment Program explain the way they support governments from across the region in producing national education monitoring reports, and how improved data collection and analysis at the national level is essential … Continue reading →

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A postcard from the HLPF in New York: Taking stock of the progress towards the 2030 Agenda

Posted on 24 July 2018 by GEM Report

By Priya Joshi, GEM Report researcher Last Wednesday marked the end of the 2018 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development in New York. The HLPF is the apex institution in the global SDG follow up and review architecture. Each … Continue reading →

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Learning lessons from Uganda on transparent education reporting for the public

Posted on 16 July 2018 by GEM Report

The 2017/8 GEM Report showed that national education monitoring reports are a vital tool for transparency and accountability in education yet only 21 out of 48 countries in the sub-Saharan region published an education monitoring report at least once since … Continue reading →

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A national perspective on the Swiss education system

Posted on 3 July 2018 by GEM Report

On June 19, Switzerland published the Swiss Education Report 2018. Fully in line with the GEM Report’s #MakeitPublic, campaign to ensure that all countries report back to their citizens on their progress in education, the new Report provides new analysis … Continue reading →

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Developing world leaders agree education is their top priority

Posted on 12 June 2018 by GEM Report

New research just released by AidData funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development; and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation contains the findings of a survey among 3,500 leaders working in … Continue reading →

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Countries need to prepare teachers better to teach about our impact on the environment

Posted on 5 June 2018 by GEM Report

It’s World Environment Day. Another opportunity for global campaigners to rally around the need for stronger commitment to stop the human impact on the planet before it is too late. Another day for policy makers to be challenged as to … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Uncategorized | Tagged Environment, SDGs, sustainable development, target 4.7, target 4.c | 1 Comment

Helen Clark speaks of education’s ‘intrinsic and enabling value’

Posted on 4 June 2018 by GEM Report

The third GEM Report Advisory Board meeting took place last week. The GEM Report was honoured to welcome Helen Clark as new Chair of the Advisory Board. Former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Ms Clark was Administrator of the United Nations … Continue reading →

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How to respond to Apple’s renewed interest in education?

Posted on 30 April 2018 by GEM Report

As you may have heard, Apple has extended its reach into education, holding its first education product launch since 2012, and announcing a lower cost iPad aimed at students and teachers. The new iPad has a stylus pen, several new … Continue reading →