Partnerships with non-state providers need to be approached with caution
By Alina Lipcan and Ian MacAuslan Teach for Nigeria 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...
View ArticleLearning to realize education’s promise – a look at the 2018 WDR
For the first time in forty years, the World Bank’s World Development Report (WDR), released on Tuesday, focuses exclusively on education. We are pleased to see its core messages resonating so well...
View ArticleNew GEM Report says ‘Don’t just blame the teacher when the system is at fault’
The 2017/8 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report was released today at global events in Maputo, Mozambique, Brasilia, Brazil and in London, UK. It stresses that accountability is indispensable in...
View ArticleMorocco aims to reach 100% enrolment in pre-primary education in ten years’ time
Credit: Jalil Arfaoui Launched last week in Skhirat, Morocco, on the national day for pre-primary education, the Minister of Education, Said Amzazi, described a new national programme that aims to have...
View ArticleInternally Displaced Girls and Education in Yemen
By YoumnaFathi Al-Aswadi, author of a background paper for the Arab States 2019 GEM Report on migration, displacement and education Photo by Clinton Doggett, USAID The protracted conflict in Yemen...
View ArticleWhy non-state education requires support in the current pandemic
By Alice Doorly, Global Schools Forum (GSF), a non-profit membership organisation working with non-state organisations in developing countries who are serving children from low-income backgrounds....
View ArticleThe world post-Covid-19 might be the world pre-Incheon – or even pre-Dakar
By Sheldon Shaeffer, Chair, Board of Directors, Asia=Pacific Regional Network on Early Childhood (ARNEC) Post-Covid-19, the world will not be the same for a very long time. Life may be so different...
View ArticleSabine Kreutzer: putting the child at the centre in school models in Germany
Sabine is one of many champions being highlighted by the GEM Report in the run up to the launch of its 2020 publication on inclusion and education: All means all, due out 23 June. In their own way, and...
View ArticleColin Northmore: Helping immigrant students in South Africa exercise their...
Colin is one of many champions being highlighted by the GEM Report in the run up to the launch of its 2020 publication on inclusion and education: All means all, due out 23 June. In their own way, and...
View ArticleHow much aid is spent on education and where does it go?
English / Español While the main message of our new policy paper on the latest figures of levels of aid to education is that COVID-19 is a serious threat to aid recovery, it would be a shame not to...
View ArticleWhich are the biggest aid donors to education?
The recent new policy paper by the GEM Report shows that aid to each of the three education levels – basic, secondary and upper secondary education – has grown in the latest annual release of data from...
View ArticleRhetoric versus reality of Indian education policies for children with...
By Vibhu Sharma, Research Consultant, Disability and Inclusion, Theirworld I was enthralled to read this year’s Global Education Monitoring Report, focusing on inclusion and education. Being, first, a...
View ArticleMorocco aims to reach 100% enrolment in pre-primary education in ten years’ time
Credit: Jalil Arfaoui Launched last week in Skhirat, Morocco, on the national day for pre-primary education, the Minister of Education, Said Amzazi, described a new national programme that aims to have...
View ArticleInternally Displaced Girls and Education in Yemen
By YoumnaFathi Al-Aswadi, author of a background paper for the Arab States 2019 GEM Report on migration, displacement and education Photo by Clinton Doggett, USAID The protracted conflict in Yemen...
View ArticleWhy non-state education requires support in the current pandemic
By Alice Doorly, Global Schools Forum (GSF), a non-profit membership organisation working with non-state organisations in developing countries who are serving children from low-income backgrounds....
View ArticleThe world post-Covid-19 might be the world pre-Incheon – or even pre-Dakar
English / Español By Sheldon Shaeffer, Chair, Board of Directors, Asia=Pacific Regional Network on Early Childhood (ARNEC) Post-Covid-19, the world will not be the same for a very long time. Life may...
View ArticleSabine Kreutzer: putting the child at the centre in school models in Germany
English / Español Sabine is one of many champions being highlighted by the GEM Report in the run up to the launch of its 2020 publication on inclusion and education: All means all, due out 23 June. In...
View ArticleColin Northmore: Helping immigrant students in South Africa exercise their...
Colin is one of many champions being highlighted by the GEM Report in the run up to the launch of its 2020 publication on inclusion and education: All means all, due out 23 June. In their own way, and...
View ArticleHow much aid is spent on education and where does it go?
English / Español While the main message of our new policy paper on the latest figures of levels of aid to education is that COVID-19 is a serious threat to aid recovery, it would be a shame not to...
View ArticleWhich are the biggest aid donors to education?
The recent new policy paper by the GEM Report shows that aid to each of the three education levels – basic, secondary and upper secondary education – has grown in the latest annual release of data from...
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