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Shrinking aid flows risk putting Education for All out of reach
By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report New aid figures released this week by the OECD make for sombre reading. Globally, aid has fallen since 2010, with poor countries hardest hit. This is worrying news … Continue reading
Posted in Aid, Basic education, Donors, Out-of-school children, Uncategorized
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BRIEFLY: Messages from youth campaigners to governments on the skills deficit
The Arabic version of the 2012 Global Monitoring Report will be launched today in Cairo, at an event hosted by the League of Arab States. As the last of the regional launches of the Report, the event will also mark the … Continue reading
Post-2015 and Bali: Without education for all, we can’t achieve sustained prosperity for all
It was very good news that a global meeting this week seems to have made progress in aligning two competing visions for the post-2015 development agenda – one centred on eradicating poverty and the other on sustainable development. But it … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, Developing countries, Donors, Early childhood care and education, Equality, Equity, Governance, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Primary school, Quality of education, Uncategorized
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The world’s poorest children are paying a high price for scholarships
By Nicole Comforto, EFA Global Monitoring Report For many donor countries, a large proportion of ‘aid’ never leaves their country. Spending this money on education in the world’s poorest countries could go a long way to giving the 132 million … Continue reading
Are we on track for a global education goal? Reflections on the global meeting on education post-2015
By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report This week I joined 100 education experts from around the world in Dakar, Senegal, to consider the outcomes of global consultations on post-2015 education goals, organized by UNESCO … Continue reading
Post-2015: If we don’t tackle educational inequality, we’ll fail the fairness test
By Will Paxton, head of education policy and advocacy for Save the Children UK and chair of the Global Campaign for Education UK’s Policy Group, and Anthony Davis, policy adviser for Plan UK As debates about the post-2015 development framework … Continue reading
Our proposed post-2015 education goals emphasize equity, measurability and finance
By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report As the global education community prepares to discuss education in the post-2015 development agenda at Dakar this week, the Education for All Global Monitoring Report team has drawn … Continue reading
Education for All is affordable – by 2015 and beyond
If governments and donors make concerted efforts to meet the promises they made in 2000, basic education for all could be achieved by 2015, according to analysis in a new policy paper released by the Education for All Global Monitoring … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Aid, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, Developing countries, Donors, Economic growth, Equality, Equity, Finance, Innovative financing, Latin America, Learning, Literacy, Millennium Development Goals, North America, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Pre-primary education, Primary school, Quality of education, Uncategorized
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BRIEFLY: WISE honours innovative projects and an education pioneer
The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), the Qatar Foundation’s global platform promoting innovation in education, is inviting applications and nominations for the 2013 WISE Awards and the WISE Prize for Education. The WISE Awards spotlight the best educational practices: Innovative … Continue reading
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On International Women’s Day, let’s make sure education reaches the poorest young women
By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report What kind of policy reduces or banishes inequality? International Women’s Day on March 8 is not only a chance to celebrate greater equality for women and highlight inequalities … Continue reading
Posted in Equity, Gender, Learning, Literacy, Rural areas, Sexual violence, Skills, Uncategorized
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