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South Africa’s private sector calls for an end to pit latrines in schools
Reports of children dying by falling into pit latrines in South Africa over the past few years followed by a flurry of legal cases saw the President launch a new Sanitation Appropriate for Education (SAFE) Initiative last week in partnership … Continue reading
Posted in private sector, Uncategorized
Tagged learning environments, private sector, sanitation, Target 4.a
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Only a quarter of Rohingya refugees’ education needs have been met
This time a year ago, the mass exodus of refugees began from Myanmar to Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh. But one year on and only a quarter of the funds requested by 11 partners to cover their education needs have been … Continue reading
A teacher hero – making home-made desks for refugee children with disabilities
Rahman Hamdan is a teacher in an UNRWA school in Gaza who has made desks and chairs for children with disabilities. Often, physical barriers are enough for a child living with a disability to be turned away or to feel … Continue reading
Posted in Inclusion, Refugees and displaced people, Teachers, Uncategorized
Tagged 2020 GEM Report, disabilities, Inclusion, refugee education, refugees, teaching
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Schools for 2000 children in Kenya’s Kibera slum bulldozed to the ground
Families in Kibera slum, Nairobi, were given two weeks before their houses, shops and schools were demolished by bulldozers at the end of July to make way for a $20 million new dual-carriageway. The demolition plan included the following schools, … Continue reading
Posted in migration, Uncategorized, Urbanization
Tagged 2019 gem report, sub-Saharan Africa, urban policy
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Announcing a new GEM Report Fellowship Programme
A new GEM Report Fellowship programme has just been launched thanks to the support of the Open Society Foundations. The Fellowship aims to strengthen the evidence base on comparative education. The first call for fellowships has just been put online … Continue reading
Radwan: “My school said ‘We don’t want wheelchairs any more’”
Almost every country around the world has ratified the right to education, but yet many schools either refuse to enrol children with disabilities or are ill-equipped to cope with their needs. A recent report by Human Rights Watch which looked … Continue reading
Posted in Inclusion, right to education, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, 2020 GEM Report, disabilities, disability, Inclusion, right to education
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Morocco aims to reach 100% enrolment in pre-primary education in ten years’ time
Launched last week in Skhirat, Morocco, on the national day for pre-primary education, the Minister of Education, Said Amzazi, described a new national programme that aims to have 67% enrolment in early childhood education by 2021 and every single child … Continue reading
A postcard from the HLPF in New York: Taking stock of the progress towards the 2030 Agenda
By Priya Joshi, GEM Report researcher Last Wednesday marked the end of the 2018 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development in New York. The HLPF is the apex institution in the global SDG follow up and review architecture. Each … Continue reading
Posted in integrated development, sdgs, Uncategorized, united nations
Tagged ed in the SDGs, ESD, HLPF
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‘I feel left behind’ says Fred, a blind student from Malawi
Fred is a thirteen year old boy attending a primary school in Malawi, which is supported by Save the Children. His story is one of many who are living with a disability and are coping with the challenges that this … Continue reading
Posted in Inclusion, right to education, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, 2020 GEM Report, Inclusion, right to education
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10 messages and 10 recommendations on disability and education
Timed to coincide with next week’s Global Disability Summit co-hosted by United Kingdom Department for International Development, the Government of Kenya and the International Disability Alliance, we have produced a summary of content related to disability and education from our … Continue reading
Posted in Inclusion, right to education, Uncategorized
Tagged 2020 GEM Report, Inclusion, inclusive education
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