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Category Archives: Skills
Illiteracy in developed countries: ending the taboo
By Nicole Bella, responsible for statistics in the Education for all Global Monitoring Report team. The fourth Education for All goal is to improve adult literacy by 50% between 2000 and 2015. Following the International Literacy Day celebrated last September … Continue reading
Illettrisme dans les pays développés : en finir avec un tabou
Par Nicole Bella, responsable des statistiques d’éducation dans l’équipe du Rapport mondial de suivi sur l’éducation pour tous Le quatrième objectif pour l’éducation pour tous est d’améliorer de 50% les niveaux d’alphabétisme des adultes entre 2000 et 2015. Dans la foulée … Continue reading
Posted in Developed countries, Equality, Literacy, Skills
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Literacy: Let’s listen to what adults want to learn
By Anna Robinson-Pant, Professor of Education, University of East Anglia The fourth Education for All goal is to halve adult illiteracy between 2000 and 2015. How is the world faring? To mark International Literacy Day on September 8, we asked … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Equity, Gender, Literacy, Marginalization, Quality of education, Skills, Teachers, technology, Training, Youth
Tagged target 4.6
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Will boys and girls have equal access to education in 2015?
By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report As the 2015 deadline draws near, is the world on track to give its boys and girls the same chance to get a good education? This week we … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Arab States, Gender, Human rights, Literacy, Primary school, Secondary school, Skills
Tagged GMR, GMR 10th anniversary
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Education and jobs: hot topics for International Youth Day
With one in eight young people out of work, education and employment are urgent topics of discussion for this year’s International Youth Day on August 12.. Education’s crucial role in providing young people with the skills they need for solid … Continue reading
Posted in Basic education, Economic growth, Employment, Equality, Marginalization, Skills, Training, Youth
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Telling the truth and shaping a vision for education
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report, we have invited the Report’s previous directors to share their views on progress and prospects for Education for All. By Kevin Watkins Was it really three years? When I … Continue reading
Create jobs, yes – but give us the skills to do them
It’s good that job creation is at the top of the agenda at the G20 summit in Mexico today. But young people need the right skills to do those jobs – and now they’re demanding that world leaders finally give … Continue reading
Posted in Economic growth, Employment, Group of 20, Group of 8, Skills, Training, Youth
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Literacy rates are rising – but not fast enough
New data released by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics show that literacy rates for adults and youth are continuing to rise. But 775 million adults still cannot read and write – and many countries are unlikely to meet the Education … Continue reading
Measuring and improving skills – the new ‘global currency’
The OECD Skills Strategy, launched this week at the OECD Forum, underlines the importance of our focus on the marginalized in the forthcoming 2012 Education for All Global Monitoring Report, on youth, skills and work. While those who are in … Continue reading
Posted in Employment, Marginalization, Skills, Training, Youth
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Africa Progress Report calls for big push on education
Urgent action is needed to tackle a “twin crisis” in access to education and the quality of teaching, according to the 2012 Africa Progress Report, Jobs, Justice and Equity: Seizing Opportunities in Times of Global Change, which was launched on … Continue reading
