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In Pakistan, government inertia is education’s greatest enemy
Malala Yousafzai has drawn global attention to the Taliban’s attacks on education. But education in Pakistan may have an even worse enemy: the government itself. Kevin Watkins, former director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report and now director … Continue reading
Children still battling to go to school
A school is supposed to be a safe place for children to learn. It is difficult to imagine that children would be forced to run away from school for fear of attack, much less callously targeted, but this is exactly … Continue reading
Supporting Malala’s education fight to get all girls into school
By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban last year on her return from school, will celebrate her 16th birthday on Friday by delivering to the United … Continue reading
UN 2013 MDG Report: despite major progress, greater efforts are needed
By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report The UN’s 2013 Millennium Development Goal report highlights the gains made so far in achieving the MDGs, but also describes the major challenges that remain. As the report … Continue reading
BRIEFLY: UNICEF calls for sustainable development post-2015 to focus on children
UNICEF makes a compelling case for putting children at the centre of the post-2015 sustainable development framework in a new paper, ‘Sustainable development starts and ends with safe, healthy and well-educated children’. Investing in children’s well-being and learning is the … Continue reading
OECD report takes the pulse of education worldwide
By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report Which country devotes the highest proportion of its public spending to education?* And which country has the highest percentage of 25- to 34-year-olds with upper secondary education?** The … Continue reading
Sports vs. schools: Brazilians protest government spending
By Nicole Comforto, EFA Global Monitoring Report Brazil has made great progress in improving its education system in recent years, but the current street protests provide a dramatic reminder that wide inequalities in education and society still need to be … Continue reading
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Education invisible in the G8 communiqué
By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report Leaders at the G8 meeting in Northern Ireland this week made progress on many important issues including international trade agreements, tax systems, transparency and terrorism. It is extremely … Continue reading
Is it too much to ask for free quality education for all?
By Antonia Wulff, coordinator at Education International Education is an inalienable human right – but across the world this right is being undermined by the impacts of inequality, a lack of political commitment and inadequate investment in education. We need … Continue reading
Spotlight on Africa: who’s going to school?
This Sunday’s Day of the African Child focuses on “eliminating harmful social and cultural practices affecting children” – so it’s an ideal time to reflect on the region’s progress toward universal primary schooling. Sub-Saharan Africa is home to more than half … Continue reading
