Category Archives: sdgs

Global Action Week 2018: We demand that States fulfil their commitments to education!

Posted on 27 April 2018 by GEM Report

By Socio-educational Forum (Foro Socio Educativo – FSE) and Latin American Campaign for the Right to Education (CLADE) The Global Action Week for Education (GAWE) embraces the 2018 theme Accountability for SDG4 and the slogan “Keep your promises for education!”. … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, Governance, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized | Tagged accountability, governance, monitoring, SDG4 | 2 Comments

More than just symbolism? France makes pre-primary school compulsory from age 3

Posted on 28 March 2018 by GEM Report

President Macron of France announced yesterday that, as of 2019, school will be compulsory in the country for all children from age 3, making France the country with the lowest compulsory age of education in the European Union. Apart from … Continue reading →

Posted in Pre-primary education, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized | Tagged france, Macron, pre-primary education, target 4.2 | 4 Comments

A global framework to measure digital literacy

Posted on 19 March 2018 by GEM Report

By Manos Antoninis, Director of the Global Education Monitoring Report, and Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics From the cocoa farmer in Ghana using a mobile phone to market crops to the nurse in Sweden using telehealth … Continue reading →

Posted in digital literacy, monitoring, sdg, sdgs, STEM, Uncategorized | Tagged digital literacy skills, digital skills, edtech, monitoring, Target 4.4, technology | 6 Comments

Campaigning for everybody to claim their right to education

Posted on 6 March 2018 by GEM Report

By Victoria Ibiwoye, Youth Representative of the SDG-Education 2030 Steering Committee Last week I delivered a petition signed by over 1000 right-to-education campaigners from over 110 countries at the fourth meeting of the SDG-Education 2030 Steering Committee at UNESCO headquarters … Continue reading →

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Fulfilling a collective responsibility to provide global public goods in education

Posted on 28 February 2018 by GEM Report

By Manos Antoninis and Priya Joshi, Global Education Monitoring Report Global public goods are the institutions, mechanisms, and outcomes that transcend borders and provide benefits to all. Controlling infectious diseases, tackling climate change, enhancing international financial stability, strengthening international trade, … Continue reading →

Posted in monitoring, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Uncategorized | Tagged data, monitoring, SDG4, sdg4 steering committee, sustainable development, sustainable development goals | 6 Comments

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 →

Posted in monitoring, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Uncategorized | Tagged education-2030, SDG4, sdg4 steering committee, SDGs | 1 Comment

Youth leaders assemble at the UN for the SDGs

Posted on 22 February 2018 by GEM Report

The ingenuity, resolve and enthusiasm of young leaders is vital for sustainable development. Over 1000 youth leaders from over 100 countries gathered at the 2018 Winter Youth Assembly at the United Nations on February 12-14. The theme, Innovation and Collaboration … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, right to education, sdgs, Uncategorized, Youth | Tagged accountability, right to education, sustainable development goals, target 4.7, United Nations, youth | 1 Comment

Comprehensive sexuality education and the global vision for the education agenda

Posted on 19 February 2018 by GEM Report

By Sanet L. Steenkamp, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture, Namibia The core responsibility of education systems is imparting the fundamental building blocks of learning, namely the ‘3 R’s: reading, writing and arithmetic. Yet national education authorities are … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Reproductive health, sdgs, sexuality education, Uncategorized | Tagged Health, sexuality education, target 4.7, Target 4.a | 4 Comments

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 →

Posted in data, monitoring, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized | Tagged #Target 4.5, education, SDG4, sdg4 steering committee, SDGs, Target 4.3, target 4.7 | 1 Comment

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 →