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National learning assessments: there’s more to gain than valuable data
By Carmela Maria Salzano, International Development Consultant While the drive to benchmark global progress in improving education outcomes, and to increase the evidence-base for education policy making, has imbued the dialogue around monitoring SDG 4.1 with a strongly technical hue, … Continue reading
School-related gender-based violence must be eliminated
Today, November 25, is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and marks the start of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. The campaign aims to galvanize action to end violence against women and girls … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, SRGBV, Uncategorized, violence
Tagged Gender, school violence, SRGBV, Target 4.a
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Lifelong learning will help with our much needed shift to greener economies
Did you learn about climate change when you were in school? If you’re not in today’s ‘youth’ bracket, it’s unlikely that you did. If we are to respond to the impact of climate change and other critical environmental challenges today … Continue reading
Posted in Adult education, Climate change, Uncategorized
Tagged climate change, education, Environment, lifelong learning
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COP22: Women, climate change and disaster resilience
On Monday during the high-level event on Education Day at COP22 the GEM Report gave a keynote presentation on the important role that education plays in improving environmental knowledge and changing behavior. Yesterday was Gender Day at COP22, showing how important gender equality … Continue reading
What is the ‘whole school approach’ to environmental education?
We have launched a new poster to coincide with the COP 22 taking place this week in Marrakech Morocco showing exactly what is meant by a ‘whole school approach’ to sustainability. As students spend significant time in the classroom, schools … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Sustainable development, teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged target 4.7
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The COP22 kicks off practical discussions about the role of education within climate change responses
The critical role of education in a global response to climate change was recognized in Article 12 of the Paris Climate Change Agreement. The COP 22 in Marrakech, Morocco, serves to kick-off its implementation, and is therefore dedicating November 14 … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Environment, Uncategorized
Tagged climate change, cop22, Environment, lifelong learning, sustainable development
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How to reach a consensus on reporting learning globally
Carrying out national and cross-national learning assessments involves an enormous commitment of time, effort and resources. As such, they are most cost effective when they serve multiple purposes, which might also include providing an input to global monitoring of learning … Continue reading
Comparing learning across diverse systems: a global challenge
Until recently education systems focused almost entirely on measuring access to and completion of school instead of what students take away from their schooling experience. Since 2000 there has been a pronounced shift to measuring learning outcomes, with more and … Continue reading
Youth civic education is crucial to a country’s democratic health
by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems A culture of democracy flourishes only when citizens are informed about democratic principles, and translate that knowledge into action by engaging with institutions and other public structures, community service, and leadership. As such, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Youth
Tagged civic education, education, target 4.7, voting, youth
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Madrid meeting approves the indicators to monitor progress towards SDG 4 in 2017
By Silvia Montoya and Jordan Naidoo, co-chairs of the Technical Co-operation Group for SDG 4 – Education 2030 Indicators A crucial list of indicators for the achievement of the world’s global education goals was endorsed on Friday in Madrid. The … Continue reading
Posted in monitoring, Post-2015 development framework, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized
Tagged monitoring, SDG, SDG4, sustainable development goals, TCG
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