Tag Archives: education

Investing in skills makes good business sense

Posted on 8 November 2012 by Pauline Rose

Opinion Editorial by Pauline Rose, Director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report, UNESCO, Paris The figures in the recently published Education for All Global Monitoring Report are a sad indictment on how we continue to fail children around … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Developing countries, Employment | Tagged Africa, economic growth, education, Target 4.4 | 2 Comments

From the streets of Sudan: Khalid’s story

Posted on 29 October 2012 by GEM Report

The winner of the 2012 EFA Global Monitoring Report art contest, Khalid Mohamed Hammad Elkhateem, knows the importance of education. His winning artwork “In the middle of nowhere” describes how youth of today are lost in the mismatch of skills … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Basic education, Conflict, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Poverty, Youth | Tagged conflict, education, Sudan | 2 Comments

Bangladesh faces a skills development challenge

Posted on 25 October 2012 by GEM Report

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 →

Posted in Asia, Basic education, Developing countries, Equity, Gender, Primary school, Quality of education, Skills, Uncategorized | Tagged bangladesh, basic education, BRAC, education, primary education, skills training | 4 Comments

BRIEFLY: Gordon Brown calls for new global education fund

Posted on 27 January 2012 by EFA Editor

Former British prime minister Gordon Brown, a co-convenor of the High Level Panel on Education, released a report this week calling for the establishment of an independent global fund for education, to raise the $16 billion needed each year to … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Basic education, Donors, Equality, Finance, Governance, Innovative financing, Out-of-school children | Tagged aid, basic education, donors, education, Education for All, equality, finance, governance, innovative finance | 11 Comments

‘The future we want’ post-2015: Sustainable development goals

Posted on 26 January 2012 by Pauline Rose

By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report In his speech to the General Assembly this week, the United Nations secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, presented his action agenda for the next five years. His speech highlighted many … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Climate change, Democracy, Developing countries, Economic growth, Employment, Governance, Human rights, Millennium Development Goals, Poverty, Reproductive health, Sustainable development | Tagged Ban Ki-moon, climate change, democracy, economic growth, education, Education for All, employment, human rights, Millennium Development Goals, poverty, sustainable development, United Nations | 1 Comment

“Girls’ education may be the single most cost-effective kind of aid work”

Posted on 17 March 2010 by EFA Editor

What’s the best way to help women around the world? To mark the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, the New York Times columnist Nick Kristof outlines his “Three Proven Steps to Advance the World’s Women,” and top of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Gender | Tagged education, Education for All, EFA, Gender, girls, Global Monitoring Report, GMR, New York Times, Nick Kristof | 3 Comments

Welcome to the World Education Blog

Posted on 17 March 2010 by EFA Editor

This blog is hosted by the team working on the Education for All Global Monitoring Report, an independent report published by UNESCO that tracks the world’s progress towards the six education goals to which over 160 countries committed themselves in … Continue reading →