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What questions should the 2015 EFA GMR answer?
The 2015 EFA Global Monitoring Report will provide a definitive assessment of overall progress toward the six EFA goals. The assessment will establish whether the goals were achieved and, if not, whether progress accelerated since 2000. This blog sums up … Continue reading
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Tagged education, EFA Report 2015, EFA Report consultation, GMR2015
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PHOTO BLOG: The state of girls’ education around the world
To tie-in with the release of the Gender Summary of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2013/4 published by UNESCO to mark International Women’s Day, this photo blog tells the story of the state of education for girls and young … Continue reading
Gender Summary turns spotlight on girls’ education
Over 100 million young women in low and lower middle income countries are unable to read a single sentence. And 31 million girls are out of school, with half of them unlikely ever to set foot inside a classroom. Those … Continue reading
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The global learning crisis is costing $129 billion a year
By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report Worldwide, millions of children are failing to learn the basics. Children who already face disadvantage – girls, the poor, the disabled those in rural areas, are being hit … Continue reading
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Why girls’ education matters
With 31 million girls of primary school age out of school, and 17 million expected never to enter school at all, the situation for girls’ education desperately needs addressing. But why does it matter? This Friday is International Day of the Girl Child, where … Continue reading
Posted in Basic education, Developing countries, Employment, Environment, Equality, Equity, Gender, Literacy, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Quality of education, Uncategorized
Tagged education, Education for All, equality, equity, Gender, girls, post-2015, post2015
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Education gives girls dignity
Speech, by Mariam Khalique, teacher of Pakistani school girl Malala Yousafzai, at an event in New York for the release of the Education For All Global Monitoring Report’s new analysis, Education Transforms. “Bismillah! In the name of ALLAH, the most … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Basic education, Conflict, Developing countries, Equality, Equity, Gender, Literacy, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Poverty, Pre-primary education, Primary school, Quality of education, Uncategorized
Tagged equality, Gender, Malala, post-2015
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New data launched today: Education Transforms Lives
Today, one week before world leaders meet at the UN General Assembly, we have released new analysis confirming that education lights every stage of the journey to a better life, especially for the poor and the most vulnerable. Education’s unique power … Continue reading
Savings groups can help reduce the financial barriers to education
By Stuart Cameron, Consultant, Oxford Policy Management, and Karen Moore, Economic Security Adviser, Plan UK Savings groups are a low-risk form of microfinance used in many countries by Plan and other international NGOs. Do they help families keep their children … Continue reading
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Share your views on the Global Education First Initiative
The EFA Global Monitoring Report team has been asked to conduct a review of the Global Education First Initiative (GEFI) in its first year of action. GEFI is a five-year initiative led by the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon. It … Continue reading
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We believe education transforms lives. Do you?
With just a few weeks to go before world leaders gather at the United Nations General Assembly, the EFA Global Monitoring Report team is launching a new website, ‘Education Transforms’, containing infographics showing education’s pivotal role in achieving progress across … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Employment, Environment, Famine, Gender, Governance, Health, HIV/AIDS, Literacy, Millennium Development Goals, Nutrition, Post-2015 development framework, Poverty, Pre-primary education, Primary school, Reproductive health, Sustainable development, Uncategorized, Youth
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