Category Archives: Teachers

World Teachers’ Day shines spotlight on global teacher shortage

Posted on 3 October 2013 by Pauline Rose

By Albert Motivans, head of education indicators and data analysis, UNESCO Institute of Statistics, and Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report This year’s World Teachers’ Day, on October 5, focuses on one of the most … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Basic education, Developing countries, Employment, Health, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Quality of education, Teachers, Training | 9 Comments

The teacher-led push for quality education

Posted on 30 September 2013 by GEM Report

By Fred van Leeuwen, general secretary of Education International, the global federation of teacher unions It is clear that the world will not meet the goal of universal primary education by the year 2015 as planned in the United Nation’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Equality, Learning, Literacy, Millennium Development Goals, Post-2015 development framework, Teachers, Training | 6 Comments

Recommendations for the future of the UN Secretary-General’s Global Education First Initiative

Posted on 25 September 2013 by GEM Report

In September 2012, the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, launched the Global Education First Initiative. To mark the one-year anniversary of the Initiative, the Education for All Global Monitoring Report has been asked to prepare an independent, light touch review. … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Millennium Development Goals, Post-2015 development framework, Poverty, Primary school, Quality of education, Teachers | 2 Comments

New partnerships are needed to improve learning worldwide

Posted on 24 September 2013 by GEM Report

What do children and young people need to learn? And how can we measure what they have learned? For the last 18 months, the Learning Metrics Task Force has put these questions to experts and agencies worldwide. Tomorrow it presents … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Finance, Learning, Literacy, Marginalization, Quality of education, Skills, Teachers, Testing, Training | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

OECD report takes the pulse of education worldwide

Posted on 25 June 2013 by Pauline Rose

By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report Which country devotes the highest proportion of its public spending to education?* And which country has the highest percentage of 25- to 34-year-olds with upper secondary education?** The … Continue reading →

Posted in Developed countries, Employment, Governance, Quality of education, Secondary school, Teachers, Uncategorized, Youth | 4 Comments

Sustainable development begins with education

Posted on 23 May 2013 by Pauline Rose

By Pauline Rose, director of the EFA Global Monitoring Report As the post-2015 goal-setting process continues, education has increasingly been discussed as not only a development goal in its own right, but also a key way of reaching other development … Continue reading →

Posted in Developing countries, Economic growth, Employment, Environment, Equality, Equity, Literacy, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Poverty, Quality of education, Sustainable development, Teachers, Uncategorized | 7 Comments

Pakistan’s elections highlight education challenges

Posted on 15 May 2013 by Nicole Comforto

By Nicole Comforto, EFA Global Monitoring Report The candidates in Pakistan’s election last week frequently cited quality education as one of their top priorities and committed to increase government spending on education, for good reason. Pakistan has the world’s second-highest … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Finance, Gender, Governance, Out-of-school children, Quality of education, Rural areas, Teachers, Uncategorized | 4 Comments

What should every child learn? And how can we check on progress?

Posted on 27 February 2013 by EFA Editor

By Seamus Hegarty, chair of the Standards Working Group of the Learning Metrics Task Force and visiting professor at the University of Warwick Many children around the world attend school but do not learn. According to estimates in the 2012 EFA … Continue reading →

Posted in Equity, Learning, Quality of education, Teachers, Testing, Uncategorized | 5 Comments

Business leaders at the World Economic Forum must boost finance for education

Posted on 18 January 2013 by Pauline Rose

As political and business leaders gather in Davos for another year’s World Economic Forum, the Education for All Global Monitoring Report has released a new policy paper  showing that contributions from corporations and private foundations combined total only $683 million … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, Developing countries, Economic growth, Out-of-school children, Pre-primary education, Primary school, Quality of education, Teachers, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , | 13 Comments

Join the consultation on Teaching and Learning for Development

Posted on 26 November 2012 by Kate Redman

A learning crisis is leaving one in three primary school-aged children not achieving  basic skills, whether they are in school or not. This revelation makes the theme of the 2013 Education for All Global Monitoring Report (GMR) on Teaching and … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, Developed countries, Developing countries, Donors, Early childhood care and education, Economic growth, Equality, Equity, Gender, Latin America, Literacy, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, North America, Nutrition, Out-of-school children, Poverty, Pre-primary education, Primary school, Quality of education, Rural areas, Sustainable development, Teachers, Training | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment