Tag Archives: learning

South Asia’s progress in tracking basic numeracy with a new assessment

Posted on 9 September 2020 by GEM Report

By Steffi Elizabeth Thomas, Senior Research Associate, Pratham Education Foundation-ASER Centre, India and Waqas Imran, Data Analyst, Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA), Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), Pakistan There has been a global shift in focus towards the quality of education under … Continue reading →

Posted in Learning, Literacy, monitoring, sdgs, Uncategorized | Tagged learning, learning assessments, learning outcomes, literacy, numeracy, target 4.6 | Leave a comment

A new comparable learning assessment designed in the Global South, For the Global South: Exploring the ICAN 2019 Findings

Posted on 10 July 2020 by GEM Report

By Ketan Verma, PAL Network and Hannah-May Wilson, Education Partnerships Group Ambika’s house was built with red bricks and a corrugated steel roof and had spectacularly clear views of the Himalayas. We visited her village to understand whether children went … Continue reading →

Posted in Learning, Literacy, Uncategorized | Tagged assessments, learning, literacy, numeracy | 1 Comment

Covid-19 school closures and the summer break

Posted on 24 April 2020 by GEM Report

The shift in emphasis in global education debates in recent years towards learning outcomes has been so strong that sometimes it seemed as if we no longer valued education access unless it led to learning. The reaction to school closures … Continue reading →

Posted in Disaster preparedness, Learning, Out-of-school children, Uncategorized | Tagged coronavirus, covid19, learning, out of school, school holidays | 2 Comments

COVID 19: how Senegal intends to ensure #LearningNeverStops

Posted on 3 April 2020 by GEM Report

English / Français By Rokhaya Fall Diawara and Tidiane Sall, UNESCO The spread of COVID-19 is a growing worry for Africa. Among the 47 African countries that have closed their schools and universities to more than 280 million African children, … Continue reading →

Posted in Disaster preparedness, emergencies, ICT, Out-of-school children, technology, Uncategorized | Tagged coronavirus, covid19, ICT, ICT skills, learning, out of school, Senegal, technology | 4 Comments

Three ways to plan for equity during the coronavirus school closures

Posted on 25 March 2020 by GEM Report

By Stefania Giannini, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education and Suzanne Grant Lewis, UNESCO-IIEP Director From school closures and home confinement to travel bans, countries and municipalities are ramping up efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. For … Continue reading →

Posted in Disaster preparedness, emergencies, Equity, Out-of-school children, Uncategorized | Tagged coronavirus, covid19, equity, learning, out of school, UNESCO | 28 Comments

How are countries addressing the Covid-19 challenges in education? A snapshot of policy measures

Posted on 24 March 2020 by GEM Report

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 | 38 Comments

UNESCO’s response to the coronavirus crisis offers multilateral solutions

Posted on 23 March 2020 by GEM Report

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 | 4 Comments

Education Progress – the GEM Report’s new online interactive tool exploring progress made towards SDG 4

Posted on 24 January 2020 by GEM Report

To mark International Education Day, the Global Education Monitoring Report has launched a new online interactive tool, Education Progress. Available in seven major languages, the site brings together data from various producers, notably the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, to explore … Continue reading →

Posted in access, data, Equality, Equity, Finance, Learning, monitoring, Quality of education, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized | Tagged access, equity, Finance, learning, monitoring, quality, SDG 4 | 3 Comments

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

Linking data to get results: India shows how countries can use their national assessments for global reporting

Posted on 18 November 2019 by GEM Report

By Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) and Professor Hrushikesh Senapaty, Director, National Council of Educational Research and Training of India (NCERT) The international reporting of learning outcomes is a critical but complex undertaking at the … Continue reading →