-
This blog is written by the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report and is editorially independent from UNESCO
Translate
Category Archives: Uncategorized
What should every child learn? And how can we check on progress?
By Seamus Hegarty, chair of the Standards Working Group of the Learning Metrics Task Force and visiting professor at the University of Warwick Many children around the world attend school but do not learn. According to estimates in the 2012 EFA … Continue reading
Posted in Equity, Learning, Quality of education, Teachers, Testing, Uncategorized
5 Comments
Education and Kenya’s election: let’s hear how to help the excluded
By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report Education has emerged as a leading theme in the campaign for Kenya’s hotly contested presidential election on March 4. The quality of education, the lack of teachers and … Continue reading
Business leaders at the World Economic Forum must boost finance for education
As political and business leaders gather in Davos for another year’s World Economic Forum, the Education for All Global Monitoring Report has released a new policy paper showing that contributions from corporations and private foundations combined total only $683 million … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, Developing countries, Economic growth, Out-of-school children, Pre-primary education, Primary school, Quality of education, Teachers, Uncategorized
Tagged aid, davos, donors, education, Education for All, philanthropy, private sector, world economic forum
13 Comments
Spain’s austerity measures will leave children out of school
The latest Education for All Global Monitoring Report, Youth and Skills: Putting Education to Work, asked whether aid to education had reached its peak. Recent news from Spain suggests that the reality could be even worse – that aid to … Continue reading
Posted in Aid, Basic education, Economic growth, Employment, Uncategorized
Tagged aid, economic growth, education, overseas aid
1 Comment
Education must not fail another generation
Olusegun Obasanjo, a former president of Nigeria and a member of the Africa Progress Panel, looks at the implications for Africa of the findings and messages in the 2012 Education for All Global Monitoring Report. This article was first published … Continue reading
Bangladesh faces a skills development challenge
Afsan Chowdhury, senior communications adviser for the non-government organization BRAC, looks at what Bangladesh needs to do to bridge the skills deficit that is revealed in the 2012 Education for All Global Monitoring Report. This article was first published in The Daily Star, … Continue reading
Girls’ education in Pakistan: victim of conflict and commitment
by Pauline Rose, Director of the Global Monitoring Report It is reassuring news to hear that Malala is showing signs of recovery after the senseless shooting in Pakistan a couple of weeks ago. I remember reading Malala’s blog on the … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Basic education, Equality, Gender, Out-of-school children, Primary school, Uncategorized
5 Comments
Because I am a Girl: The State of the World’s Girls 2012 – Learning for Life
Guest blog by Sharon Goulds, Project Manager of the Because I am a Girl Report, and Anita Reilly, Education Advisor, Plan UK. “Girls meet a lot of challenges and because I am a girl I would like to fight for … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
2 Comments
Conflicts are one of the biggest barriers to Education for All
The devastating effect conflicts have on education was the focus of the 2011 EFA Global Monitoring Report. As part of our 10th anniversary countdown to the launch of the 2012 report on October 16, we asked Prof. Alan Smith from our … Continue reading
BRIEFLY: UNESCO awards 2012 literacy prizes
Literacy programmes in Bhutan, Indonesia, Colombia and Rwanda have won UNESCO’s literacy prizes for 2012. The winners will receive $20,000 each, as well as a diploma and a medal when UNESCO celebrates World Literacy Day on September 6. The awards … Continue reading
