Category Archives: Uncategorized

Teachers who are running countries

Posted on 13 April 2018 by klinkinsunescoorg

Mokgweetsi Masisi, a former teacher and education minister, has just been sworn in as Botswana’s fifth President. On appointment, Masisi said that young people, who make up 60% of the population, were the country’s future leaders and the country would … Continue reading →

Posted in Teachers, Uncategorized | Tagged Botswana, Canada, Gender, global partnership for education, india, teachers, united states | 2 Comments

Tracking of aid to early childhood development needs to improve

Posted on 12 April 2018 by klinkinsunescoorg

This blog was written by Asma Zubairi, a researcher at REAL Centre at the University of Cambridge. How much do donors spend on early childhood development? This is the key question for our new report for Theirworld Just beginning: Addressing … Continue reading →

Posted in Early childhood care and education, Uncategorized | Tagged aid to education, data, early childhood care and education, global partnership for education | 1 Comment

#MakeitPublic: GEM launches new campaign calling on all governments to report on education progress to their citizens

Posted on 11 April 2018 by GEM Report

The 2017/8 GEM Report showed that national education monitoring reports are a vital tool for transparency and accountability yet only government in two countries produced such reports between 2010 and 2016. Only one in four did so annually. Monitoring should … Continue reading →

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A unique opportunity to design and deliver education for refugees

Posted on 10 April 2018 by klinkinsunescoorg

By Joseph Nhan-O’Reilly on behalf of a coalition of organisations working to support education for refugees including the Initiative on Child Rights in the Global Compacts, a coalition of 30 UN, civil society and philanthropic organisations that are working to … Continue reading →

Posted in refugees, Refugees and displaced people, Uncategorized | Tagged civil society, displaced populations, displacement, education, global compact for migration, refugees, right to education | 1 Comment

Why are people talking about a teacher shortage in New Zealand?

Posted on 4 April 2018 by GEM Report

At the end of February, the government of New Zealand called the teacher shortage a “ticking time bomb“, with the number of people training to join the profession at the pre-primary, primary and secondary education levels having dropped by 40% … Continue reading →

Posted in Teachers, teaching, Uncategorized | Tagged New Zealand, target 4.b, teachers, teaching | 4 Comments

A postcard from this year’s Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference

Posted on 4 April 2018 by GEM Report

By Will Smith, Senior policy analyst at the GEM Report The most unique aspect of the Comparative and International Education Society Annual (CIES) conference is the convergence of the global education community into a single location. It is a tremendous … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, Uncategorized | Tagged accountability, cies, education | 1 Comment

The Chilean students are back for more: protesting for education equality

Posted on 30 March 2018 by GEM Report

For the third time in the past 12 years, Chilean students are back on the streets calling for equality in education. This time they are protesting a decision taken by the Constitutional Tribunal to overturn the Higher Education Law, which … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, higher education, right to education, tertiary education, Uncategorized | Tagged accountability, Chile, higher education, right to education, Target 4.3, tertiary education | 6 Comments

Ensuring learning with educational technology in emergency settings

Posted on 29 March 2018 by GEM Report

UNESCO’s annual Mobile Learning Week provides a unique opportunity for policy makers, civil society organizations, teachers, students and academics to share knowledge, innovations and good practices in mobile learning. A key theme at this year’s event is the role of … Continue reading →

Posted in emergencies, migration, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, technology, Uncategorized | Tagged edtech, emergencies, migration, technology | 4 Comments

More than just symbolism? France makes pre-primary school compulsory from age 3

Posted on 28 March 2018 by GEM Report

President Macron of France announced yesterday that, as of 2019, school will be compulsory in the country for all children from age 3, making France the country with the lowest compulsory age of education in the European Union. Apart from … Continue reading →

Posted in Pre-primary education, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized | Tagged france, Macron, pre-primary education, target 4.2 | 4 Comments

How technology can boost accountability in education

Posted on 27 March 2018 by GEM Report

This week, as UNESCO’s annual flagship event on ICTs in education Mobile Learning Week, is taking place in Paris, the GEM Report takes a look at the growing interest in the role of technology and big data in facilitating citizen … Continue reading →