Category Archives: Secondary school

Without skills, no lasting spring for Arab youth

Posted on 21 March 2012 by Hans Botnen Eide

Arab countries must provide the right skills for their large youth population if the Arab Spring is to have lasting effects, according to the 2010/2011 Arab Knowledge Report, a collaboration between the United Nations Development Programme and the Mohammed bin … Continue reading →

Posted in Arab States, Basic education, Economic growth, Employment, Governance, Literacy, Secondary school, Skills, Training, Youth | Tagged | 1 Comment

EU review says need for skills is urgent

Posted on 22 December 2011 by Andrew Johnston

Another strong argument for the importance of developing young people’s skills –the subject of the forthcoming 2012 Education for All Global Monitoring Report – comes from a new review by the European Commission, which warns that the recession has made … Continue reading →

Posted in Developed countries, Economic growth, Employment, Equality, Governance, Innovative financing, Marginalization, Post-secondary education, Poverty, Secondary school, Skills, Training, Youth | Leave a comment

World AIDS Day: When education helps to save lives

Posted on 1 December 2011 by Hans Botnen Eide

On World AIDS Day, it’s vital to remember that education has a key role to play in reaching the goal of “zero new infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths.” Every day, about 1,000 children are infected with HIV. Almost … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Health, HIV/AIDS, Primary school, Secondary school | 2 Comments

Beyond Busan 2: Should imputed student costs and scholarships be counted as aid?

Posted on 28 November 2011 by Elise Legault

By Elise Legault, research officer, Education for All Global Monitoring Report team Aid analyses by the Education for All Global Monitoring Report tend to put greater emphasis on basic education than on the whole sector. One reason is that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Basic education, Developing countries, Donors, Finance, Governance, Millennium Development Goals, Post-secondary education, Secondary school | Tagged | 3 Comments

BRIEFLY: Secondary school, a bridge to the world of work

Posted on 2 November 2011 by EFA Editor

As many countries succeed in expanding access to primary schooling, demand for secondary school places is building. The latest edition of the Global Education Digest, published by the UNESCO Institute of Statistics (UIS), highlights the number of children who are … Continue reading →

Posted in Employment, Secondary school, Skills, Youth | 7 Comments

More teachers, please! And in Africa, women especially

Posted on 5 October 2011 by EFA Editor

Français | Español World Teachers’ Day on October 5 is an opportunity to celebrate teachers and to promote international standards for the profession. This year’s theme, “Teachers for gender equality,” serves as a reminder that recruiting and training more teachers … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Basic education, Developed countries, Developing countries, Equality, Gender, Primary school, Secondary school, Teachers | 1 Comment

Education failures fan the flames in the Arab world

Posted on 23 February 2011 by EFA Editor

Français | Español | العربية By Kevin Watkins, director, Education for All Global Monitoring Report No one could have predicted that, in the space of a few months, the death by self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old Tunisian struggling to … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Democracy, Developing countries, Governance, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Primary school, Secondary school | 20 Comments

Who’s at school, and who’s missing out?

Posted on 31 March 2010 by Pauline Rose

By Pauline Rose, senior policy analyst, Global Monitoring Report team How many children are not in school? The figure we give in the 2010 Education for All Global Monitoring Report, which has been widely picked up around the world, is … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Marginalization, Out-of-school children, Primary school, Secondary school | 1 Comment