Tag Archives: target 4.1

When the challenge is teaching teachers English

Posted on 26 February 2016 by GEM Report

Sarah Wiles is a communications specialist for Voluntary Services Overseas in Papua New Guinea, where she has been living for the past three years. Papua New Guinea (PNG) is the most linguistically diverse country in the world with over 850 … Continue reading →

Posted in Language, Learning, Literacy, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Teachers, teaching, technology, Training, Uncategorized | Tagged Papua New Guinea, target 4.1, Target 4.a, target 4.c | 3 Comments

The PAL Network Learning Journey: Beyond Assessment to Action!

Posted on 18 February 2016 by GEM Report

Hannah-May Wilson, Program Manager – PAL Network Secretariat On the sparkling shores of the seaside town of Saly on the Petite Côte of Senegal, 50 ambitious education activists and innovators from 15 Global South countries convened last week to explore … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, curriculum, Governance, Uncategorized | Tagged target 4.1 | 2 Comments

Pakistan: all girls and boys in school for 12 years – a critical pathway to progress

Posted on 15 February 2016 by GEM Report

Baela Raza Jamil is the Trustee/Advisor for the Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) The demand for girls education has been rising in Pakistan but remains unmet due to poor access especially at post primary levels. The current net enrolment ratio for girls is … Continue reading →

Posted in Arab States, Equality, Equity, Learning, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Primary school, Uncategorized | Tagged conflict, Pakistan, target 4.1 | 1 Comment

What happens if an education system is outsourced?

Posted on 12 February 2016 by GEM Report

The new Liberian Education Minister, George Werner, announced in January that the pre-primary and primary schools in the country will move over to be run by ‘public-private’ partnerships in a $65 million five year deal. Why this change? In February … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Aid, Finance, Post-2015 development framework, private schools, private sector, Uncategorized | Tagged liberia, target 4.1 | 12 Comments

Can Africa afford free education?

Posted on 27 January 2016 by GEM Report

Today, BBC World Service is holding a debate in South Africa around the question ‘Can Africa afford free education?’, which we have been helping them answer. Inequality in education: poverty as a major factor. The new agenda calls for 12 … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Developing countries, Out-of-school children | Tagged SSA, target 4.1 | 7 Comments

How we could triple the availability of textbooks

Posted on 19 January 2016 by Aaron Benavot

Our first new policy paper as the GEM Report is out today and shows how altering the textbook market to a more centralised finance model could take up to $3 off the price of each book. Combining this approach with … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Aid, Basic education, curriculum, Developing countries, Donors, Equity, Innovative financing, Learning, Literacy, Marginalization, Primary school, Quality of education, sdgs, Uncategorized, united nations | Tagged target 4.1, textbooks | 9 Comments

Tanzania abolishes secondary school fees. But does anything come for free?

Posted on 15 December 2015 by GEM Report

It is extremely good news to hear that the United Republic of Tanzania has cancelled school fees at the secondary level. This new policy aims to free families from any fees and contributions to education for 11 years of schooling. … Continue reading →

Posted in Developing countries, Literacy, Marginalization, mdgs, sdg, sdgs, Secondary school, Uncategorized | Tagged tanzania, target 4.1 | 21 Comments

Why universal secondary education can help fight climate change

Posted on 10 December 2015 by GEM Report

By Raya Muttarak, Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (IIASA, VID/ÖAW and WU), and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria. Not only have climate scientists agreed that humans are contributing to climate change, but recent … Continue reading →

Posted in Citizenship, Climate change, Disaster preparedness, Environment, Post-2015 development framework, sdg, sdgs, Secondary school, Sustainable development | Tagged target 4.1, Target 4.3, target 4.7 | 6 Comments

A Global Alliance to Monitor Learning (GAL)

Posted on 4 December 2015 by GEM Report

By Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, @montoya_sil @UNESCOstat No single organization can produce all of the data needed to monitor Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 – which covers a wide range of issues from learning outcomes … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged target 4.1 | 3 Comments

Education can break the bonds of child marriage.

Posted on 18 November 2015 by mdelprato

By Marcos Delprato, GMR researcher The GMR showed in 2013 that there would be 14% fewer child marriages if all girls had primary education. There would be 64% fewer births if they had secondary education. Continuing on this analysis, a study … Continue reading →