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Covid-19 school closures and the summer break
The shift in emphasis in global education debates in recent years towards learning outcomes has been so strong that sometimes it seemed as if we no longer valued education access unless it led to learning. The reaction to school closures … Continue reading
Posted in Disaster preparedness, Learning, Out-of-school children, Uncategorized
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, learning, out of school, school holidays
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Schools closing is a risk to our village’s future
By Francis Silvester, director of a school in rural Kenya I run a private school called Tower of Light in a rural place commonly known as Yala Swamp 17km away from Siaya town in Kenya. It is a registered school … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Disaster preparedness, Gender, Out-of-school children, Rural areas, Uncategorized
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, kenya, out of school
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Charlotte, a teacher from Marseille: “We’re being asked to do a completely different job from before.”
The onset of Covid-19 means that teachers like me are suddenly being asked to do completely different jobs. While we were in the classroom engaging with children before, now we’re at home and trying to engage with their parents. I … Continue reading
Posted in Disaster preparedness, emergencies, ICT, Inclusion, Out-of-school children, Teachers, teaching, technology, Uncategorized
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, france, ICT, out of school, teachers, teaching, technology
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Coronavirus: France has called for educational continuity
English / Français By Anna Cristina D’Addio, Senior Policy Analyst, GEM Report, member of the Conseil d’Evaluation de l’Ecole, and mother of a teenage (lower) secondary school student in France. France closed all schools, colleges, high schools and universities on … Continue reading
Coronavirus: la France a appelé à la continuité pédagogique
English / Français Par Anna Cristina D’Addio, Responsable Principal de Projet, GEM Report (UNESCO), membre du nouveau Conseil d’Evaluation de l’Ecole et mère d’une élève du collège en France. La France a fermé toutes les écoles, collèges, lycées et universités … Continue reading
Covid-19: How is Greece coping with school closure?
As with other countries around the world, Greece has faced two main challenges in its response to the coronavirus pandemic: delivering distance education and managing the postponement of examinations. Other challenges have also appeared, which show that no one approach … Continue reading
Posted in digital literacy, emergencies, europe, Finance, ICT, Out-of-school children, technology, Uncategorized
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, digital skills, emergencies, Greece, out of school, technology
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“Every child is like any other” – Robert Lumu wins Inclusion and Education photo contest
Robert Lumu’s photograph of 9-year-old Jemba John, sitting and reading with his peers at his school in Central Uganda, where Albinism is still considered a curse, is the winner of the 2020 GEM Report photo competition on inclusion and education. … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, disability, Inclusion, right to education, Uncategorized
Tagged 2020 GEM Report, disability, Inclusion
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Learning crisis and girls’ education in Afghanistan
By M Niaz Asadullah, Professor of Development Economics at the University of Malaya, Malaysia A recent GEM Report blog based on WIDE data highlighted Afghanistan as one of “the bottom ten countries for girls’ education” in three dimensions: (i) mean … Continue reading
Posted in Arab States, Conflict, data, emergencies, Equity, Gender, Out-of-school children, Refugees and displaced people, Uncategorized
Tagged afghanistan, Arab States, data, equity, Gender, girls, girls' education
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Business engagement in education in emergencies: Lessons for the COVID-19 response
By Francine Menashy, University of Massachusetts Boston The forthcoming 2021 Global Education Monitoring Report will focus on the vital role of the non-state sector. Businesses and business leaders represent one group of non-state actors with increasing prominence in global education. … Continue reading
The Peruvian education system: seeking quality and equity during COVID-19 times
By Milagros Lechleiter and Rosa Vidarte, GEM Report Peru was the first country in Latin American to decree the mandatory social distancing of its population on March 16, only 10 days after detecting its first case of COVID-19. The quarantine … Continue reading
