Tag Archives: target 4.1

Target 4.1 – What is at stake for monitoring progress on primary and secondary education?

Posted on 26 October 2016 by GEM Report

4.1 By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes Progress towards target 4.1 will be seen as a key measure of government and international … Continue reading →

Posted in monitoring, Post-2015 development framework, Primary school, sdg, sdgs, Secondary school, Uncategorized | Tagged monitoring, monitoring sdg 4 blog series, primary education, SDG, SDG4, SDGs, secondary education, target 4.1 | 2 Comments

What it’s like teaching refugees in Malawi

Posted on 24 June 2016 by GEM Report

By Dede Buloba Everyone agrees that education is important in a refugee camp to help those who have had to drop out of school to move across borders. I can speak about this from my experience as refugee, now teaching … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Conflict, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, Teachers, teaching, Uncategorized | Tagged malawi, refugees, target 4.1, Target 4.a, target 4.c | 5 Comments

When is state funding of private schools a violation of human rights?

Posted on 23 June 2016 by GEM Report

By Sylvain Aubry, Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights The announcement at the beginning of the year by the Ministry of Education of Liberia of its intention to outsource the management of all its pre-primary and primary schools … Continue reading →

Posted in Equality, Finance, Human rights, private schools, private sector, Quality of education, Uncategorized | Tagged finance, private schools, target 4.1 | 1 Comment

Should school principals be held accountable for the quality of education? An Ethiopian perspective.

Posted on 1 June 2016 by GEM Report

The 2017 GEM Report will explore the successes and challenges to effective accountability in Education. While the online consultation is now officially closed, we welcome comments until the yearlong research period of the Report is over. This includes the following … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, Africa, Basic education, Developed countries, Developing countries, Governance, Learning, monitoring, pedagogy, Quality of education, sdgs, Sustainable development, Teachers, teaching, Testing | Tagged accountability, ethiopia, target 4.1 | 2 Comments

Some donors are shifting aid to secondary education

Posted on 30 May 2016 by GEM Report

The recent policy paper by the GEM Report containing the data on 2014 aid spending shows that, for several years, aid to education has been stuck not only at a level far below what is needed but even below levels … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Donors, Post-2015 development framework, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized | Tagged finance, target 4.1 | 1 Comment

Reaching All Children with Education: Lebanon’s national education response strategy to the Syria crisis

Posted on 25 May 2016 by GEM Report

By Lebanon’s Ministry of Education and Higher Education In Lebanon, the five years since the beginning of the Syria Crisis have had a significant impact on its people and its institutions. With an estimated 1.5 million Syrian refugees now hosted … Continue reading →

Posted in Arab States, Basic education, emergencies, Equality, Equity, fragile states, Legislation, Marginalization, Primary school, Quality of education, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, Report, sdg, sdgs, Secondary school, syria, Uncategorized | Tagged lebanon, refugees, syria, target 4.1 | 3 Comments

Getting down to business: The Global Alliance to Monitor Learning

Posted on 12 May 2016 by GEM Report

By Claudia Costin, Senior Director for Education at the World Bank, and Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics We have just launched the ‘go to’ initiative on the monitoring of learning worldwide: The Global Alliance to Monitor … Continue reading →