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Join the consultation on the 2021 GEM Report on non-state actors in education

Posted on 20 January 2020 by GEM Report

We are extending the online consultation and expressions of interest for the 2021 GEM Report on non-state actors in education. The concept note for the Report is now available in English/ Français / Español and Русский. Chinese and Arabic will follow soon. Your views … Continue reading →

Posted in Non-state actors, private schools, private sector, privatisation, Report, Uncategorized | Tagged 2021 GEM Report, Non-state actors, private education, private schools, private sector | 1 Comment

Building the Foundations: Highlights from ASER 2019 Early Years report

Posted on 17 January 2020 by GEM Report

By Hannah-May Wilson, Education Partnerships Group For the last fifteen years, Pratham’s Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) has provided an important and timely reminder that schooling does not equal learning. There is now wide acceptance that – despite spending … Continue reading →

Posted in Early childhood care and education, Learning, Literacy, Uncategorized | Tagged early childhood care and education, early-grade learning, learning, target 4.2 | 3 Comments

Accreditation, certification and recognition of non-formal education in the Arab States

Posted on 9 January 2020 by GEM Report

By Michael Cacich and Farida Aboudan, Educate A Child, a programme of the Education Above All Foundation The recent Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report 2019: Migration, displacement and education: Building bridges, not walls estimates annual education spending at US$4.7 trillion … Continue reading →

Posted in Arab States, Conflict, emergencies, immigrant, immigration, migrant, migration, Out-of-school children, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, right to education, Uncategorized | Tagged Arab States, arab states 2019, migrants, migration, non-formal education | 1 Comment

Internally Displaced Girls and Education in Yemen

Posted on 6 January 2020 by GEM Report

By YoumnaFathi Al-Aswadi, author of a background paper for the Arab States 2019 GEM Report on migration, displacement and education The protracted conflict in Yemen since March 2015 has resulted in significant human suffering. More than 3.65 million people have … Continue reading →

Posted in Arab States, Basic education, child marriage, Conflict, Equality, Equity, fragile states, Gender, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, Uncategorized | Tagged arab states 2019, child marriage, conflict, girls, houthi, yemen | Leave a comment

Benchmarks: the forgotten commitment for accelerating progress towards SDG 4

Posted on 19 December 2019 by GEM Report

Time for a new year resolution By Silvia Montoya, Director, UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), and Manos Antoninis, Director, Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report The Education 2030 Framework for Action called on countries to establish “appropriate intermediate benchmarks (e.g. for 2020 … Continue reading →

Posted in data, monitoring, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized | Tagged data, education, education-2030, monitoring, SDG, SDG4 | 1 Comment

The promise of non-profit schools for all children in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries

Posted on 17 December 2019 by GEM Report

By Natasha Ridge and Susan Kippels, who prepared a background paper for the Arab States 2019 GEM Report on migration displacement and education In our recent background paper for the Arab States 2019 GEM Report, we explored how there are … Continue reading →

Posted in Arab States, immigrant, immigration, migrant, migration, Non-state actors, private schools, privatisation, Uncategorized | Tagged 2021 GEM Report, Arab States, arab states 2019, migrants, migration, private schools, private sector | 2 Comments

Our joint pledge to increase financing and coordination and improve education for refugees

Posted on 16 December 2019 by GEM Report

Jointly authored by Yasmine Sherif, Director Education Cannot Wait, Alice Albright, CEO of the Global Partnership for Education and Keiko Miwa, Regional Director for Human Development of the World Bank The first Global Refugee Forum, which kicks off in Geneva … Continue reading →

Posted in Conflict, migrant, migration, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, Uncategorized | Tagged displaced populations, displacement, migrants, migration, refugee education, refugees | 1 Comment

Internally displaced people and education in Syria

Posted on 16 December 2019 by GEM Report

By Jen Steele, an education in emergencies specialist, and author of a background paper on IDPs and education in Syria for the Arab States 2019 GEM Report Internally displaced children (IDP) not only need better funding for education programmes, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Arab States, migrant, migration, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, Uncategorized | Tagged Arab States, arab states 2019, displaced populations, displacement, syria | 1 Comment

Major efforts are needed to make high-quality adult learning and education a reality worldwide

Posted on 11 December 2019 by GEM Report

By Werner Mauch, Team Leader Monitoring and Assessment of Lifelong Learning, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Every three years, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning publishes the Global Report on Adult Learning and Education (GRALE) to monitor the extent to … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult education, Learning, Uncategorized | Tagged adult education, GRALE 4, lifelong learning, Target 4.3 | 1 Comment

Consultation and call for contributions for the 2021 GEM Report on non-state actors in education

Posted on 10 December 2019 by GEM Report

Few topics in education generate as much passion as the role of non-state actors. While everyone wants to achieve the goal of providing quality education for all, who delivers it, who is engaged, and how they are engaged is a … Continue reading →