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How are countries addressing the Covid-19 challenges in education? A snapshot of policy measures
By Gwang-Chol Chang and Satoko Yano, UNESCO’s Section of Education Policy Close to 80% of the world’s student population – 1.3 billion children and youth – is affected by school closures in 138 countries. Taken as a measure to contain … Continue reading
Posted in emergencies, Learning, Out-of-school children, Uncategorized
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, learning, out of school, policy, UNESCO
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What are the financial implications of the coronavirus for education?
How long is a piece of string? You might be asking, looking at the question this blog is asking. And to some extent, you’d be right. In these early days of the outbreak, it is as yet unknown how long … Continue reading
Posted in Economic growth, Finance, Out-of-school children, Uncategorized
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, Finance, financing, out of school
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UNESCO’s response to the coronavirus crisis offers multilateral solutions
The spread of the Covid-19 pandemic has led to increasingly stringent measures around the world, including countrywide or localized school closures. As news is moving fast, this blog aims to synthesize some of the resources UNESCO has been set up … Continue reading
Posted in data, emergencies, Out-of-school children, Uncategorized
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, learning, out of school
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Could coronavirus shape the way assessments work forever?
Exams cancelled? This is the next wave of impact on education systems caused by the Coronavirus. The UK has cancelled its GCSE and A-Level exams. The CBSE board in India has cancelled exams for classes 10 and 12, national open … Continue reading
Posted in accountability, emergencies, Testing, Uncategorized
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, emergencies, exams, out of school, Testing
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Coronavirus: could education systems have been better prepared?
The world was caught by surprise with the global pandemic emergency. But was it entirely unexpected? Pandemics have always been a likelihood. A pandemic has occurred every 10-50 years for the past centuries. In any given year, a 1% probability … Continue reading
Posted in access, emergencies, ICT, pedagogy, Teachers, teaching, technology, Uncategorized
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, emergencies, out of school, pedagogy, teachers, teaching, technology
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Postponing the 2020 GEM Report launch
With the Coronavirus pandemic sweeping the world, the launch of the 2020 GEM Report Inclusion and education: All means all, originally scheduled for Wednesday 8 April, will be delayed until Tuesday 23 June. The GEM Report team had already replaced … Continue reading
Rethinking non-state engagement in education
By Dr. Prachi Srivastava, Associate Professor, University of Western Ontario, author of the Think Piece prepared for the 2021 GEM Report on non-state actors in education. As previous recent blogs on this site have illustrated, non-state actors have long operated … Continue reading
What you told us in the online consultation for the 2021 GEM Report on non-state actors
The 2021 GEM Report will focus on the many ways in which non-state actors are involved in education systems. It will discuss the state role in the process (regulatory frameworks, accountability mechanisms) and reflect on the most recent developments in … Continue reading
What do you wish for the education of the next generation of girls?
2020 is a pivotal year as the global community will mark the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (Beijing+25). The Beijing Declaration is considered as the key global policy document on gender equality and the most … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Uncategorized
Tagged Gender, gender parity, gender. equality, target 4.5
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The bottom ten countries for girls’ education
The World Inequality Database in Education, WIDE, managed by the GEM Report and the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, highlights the powerful influence of gender, combined with other factors such as ethnicity and location, over which people have little control but … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Equity, Gender, parity, Uncategorized
Tagged Gender, gender parity, gender. equality, girls, girls' education, target 4.7
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