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Ethiopia is making the fastest progress in primary completion in sub-Saharan Africa. How?

Posted on 12 July 2019 by GEM Report

This week, we released new projections to 2030 for the global education goal, SDG 4, along with the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). While not all projections can be drilled down to the country level, the completion rate projections can … Continue reading →

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Education has many links with other sectors

Posted on 10 July 2019 by GEM Report

The High-level Political Forum (HLPF) in New York has begun – the core moment in the global follow up and review mechanism of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Five goals are on the agenda this year, including SDG 4 for … Continue reading →

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The world is off track to deliver on its education commitments by 2030

Posted on 9 July 2019 by GEM Report

By Manos Antoninis, Director of the Global Education Monitoring Report, and Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics Without a shift from ‘business as usual’, the world will miss its goal of a quality education for all by … Continue reading →

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Over half of G7 aid to education goes to achieving gender equality

Posted on 5 July 2019 by GEM Report

Feeding into the theme on inequality of this year’s G7 Presidency, we have carried out a breakdown of G7 donors’ aid to education to show that 55% goes to achieving gender equality. France, which holds the G7 presidency, allocates the … Continue reading →

Posted in Developing countries, Equality, Equity, Gender, Inclusion, Uncategorized | Tagged cash transfers, donor aid, G7, g7 france, gender parity, gender-responsive planning, gender. equality | Leave a comment

Five steps to stamp out gender inequality in education

Posted on 5 July 2019 by GEM Report

The new Gender GEM Report released today at the G7 France – UNESCO International Conference shows that equal numbers of boys and girls are still not enrolled in a third of countries in primary, half in lower secondary, and three … Continue reading →

Posted in child marriage, Donors, Equality, Equity, Gender, Inclusion, parity, sexuality education, SRGBV, Uncategorized | Tagged #Target 4.5, child marriage, comprehensive sexuality education, equal education, G7, Gender, gender parity, gender. equality, girls' education, STEM | 1 Comment

Parents and communities need to be engaged in migrant children’s education

Posted on 3 July 2019 by GEM Report

by Anna d’Addio, Senior Policy Analyst at the GEM Report “We were blind, now our eyes have been opened … the educated children help us see. (Zahra, mother)” (Changezi and Biseth, 2011) Family and community involvement is key to overcome … Continue reading →

Posted in Developing countries, Disaster preparedness, Equality, Equity, Ethnicity, fragile states, immigrant, immigration, Inclusion, Inclussion, Marginalization, migrant, migration, peace, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, right to education, Uncategorized | Tagged #SDG 4.5, #Target 4.5, conflict, education, intercultural education, migrant, migration | 2 Comments

“Some refugees in my class have physical pain which doctors cannot heal” says Jenny, a teacher in a Welcome Class in Germany

Posted on 25 June 2019 by GEM Report

I consider myself a migrant. I have lived abroad for 29 years. I now teach in “welcome classes” in Germany, which are set up to teach newly arrived students. At my school we have two welcome classes of 12 students … Continue reading →