Tag Archives: learning

Promoting literacy in a multilingual society

Posted on 11 August 2017 by GEM Report

By Paula Korsnakova, Senior Research and Liaison Advisor, IEA Reflecting on the results of providing instruction in a language other than the one spoken at home Did you know that apparently 66% of children in the world are raised to … Continue reading →

Posted in Language, pedagogy, teaching, Uncategorized | Tagged language, learning, teaching | 3 Comments

Poor quality learning assessments are crumbling under the weight of the decisions they inform

Posted on 25 July 2017 by GEM Report

By Rachel Outhred, Education Consultant, Oxford Policy Management Much of the recent international discussion regarding the measurement of learning outcomes globally has been driven by the need to monitor Sustainable Development Goal 4 – ‘to ensure inclusive and equitable quality … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, Learning, Uncategorized | Tagged accountability, assessment, funding, learning, SDG4 | 5 Comments

Partnerships with non-state providers need to be approached with caution

Posted on 17 July 2017 by GEM Report

By Alina Lipcan and Ian MacAuslan Low levels of learning globally make for one of the most sobering statistics in education. In 12 out of 13 countries in South-Eastern Africa, fewer than 40% of students had mastered basic numeracy and basic … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, Africa, Basic education, private schools, private sector, privatisation, Quality of education, Uncategorized | Tagged Bridge Academy, DFID, education, learning, private school, private schools, privatisation, quality education, SDG4 | 2 Comments

Inclusive higher education in South Africa: not just a policy project but also an ‘ethical project’

Posted on 16 May 2017 by GEM Report

By Professor Ruksana Osman, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa As the recent GEM Report paper showed, equitable and affordable higher education remains elusive to the majority of students from working class … Continue reading →

Posted in higher education, tertiary education, Uncategorized | Tagged higher education, learning, south africa, tertiary education, universities | 3 Comments

Still learning about early learning in Ethiopia

Posted on 23 February 2017 by GEM Report

By Jack Rossiter, Young Lives, Ethiopia The potential of O-Class in Ethiopia In 2017, the research study I work for, Young Lives, released its first early learning publication: Scaling up Early Learning in Ethiopia: Exploring the Potential of O-Class [O-Class … Continue reading →

Posted in Early childhood care and education, Pre-primary education, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized | Tagged early childhood care and education, ethiopia, learning, target 4.2 | 2 Comments

Gender Equality in Post-Genocide Rwanda

Posted on 19 January 2017 by GEM Report

This blog looks at the positive example Rwanda sets in promoting gender equality through its textbooks. It is part of a series of blogs on this site published to encourage debates around a new GEM Report Policy Paper: Between the … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Developing countries, Equality, Gender, Learning, textbooks, Uncategorized | Tagged gender. equality, learning, rwanda, textbooks | 2 Comments

National learning assessments: there’s more to gain than valuable data

Posted on 28 November 2016 by GEM Report

By Carmela Maria Salzano, International Development Consultant While the drive to benchmark global progress in improving education outcomes, and to increase the evidence-base for education policy making, has imbued the dialogue around monitoring SDG 4.1 with a strongly technical hue, … Continue reading →