Category Archives: Sustainable development

What is a ‘living laboratory’, and why should all universities become one?

Posted on 16 November 2017 by GEM Report

Last year, the Planet chapter from the 2016 GEM Report formed the basis of the keynote presentation that kicked off the Education day at the COP22 in Morocco. UNESCO’s former Director-General Irina Bokova and the GEM Report’s Manos Antoninis were … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, higher education, Sustainable development, Uncategorized | Tagged climate change, cop23, higher education, sustainable development, target 4.7 | 1 Comment

New GEM Report says ‘Don’t just blame the teacher when the system is at fault’

Posted on 24 October 2017 by GEM Report

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 achieving SDG 4. The Report highlights the responsibility of governments to … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, Conflict, Developed countries, Developing countries, Equality, Inclusion, monitoring, privatisation, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Teachers, Testing, Training, Uncategorized | Tagged accountability, education, governance, private schools, regulations, school choice, target 4.c, teachers, Testing | 1 Comment

Good news: Chile is going to cover climate change in its curriculum

Posted on 2 August 2017 by GEM Report

At the end of last month, the Chilean president, Michelle Bachelet, said that climate change would become an obligatory subject for students to learn in the third and fourth grades of secondary school in history and science classes. The President … Continue reading →

Posted in Citizenship, Climate change, curriculum, Environment, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Uncategorized | Tagged Chile, climate change, curriculum, Environment, sustainable development | 3 Comments

Why we should increase peace-building capacities of teachers and youth

Posted on 6 July 2017 by GEM Report

By UNESCO-IICBA (International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa) The propaganda and money used to lure young people into violent extremist groups such as Al-Shabaab in East Africa, Boko Haram in Nigeria and M23 rebel group in the Democratic Republic … Continue reading →

Posted in peace, Sustainable development, Teachers, Training, Uncategorized | Tagged peace, sustainable development, Target 4.a, target 4.c, teachers | 4 Comments

The 2020 GEM Report will be on Inclusion and Education

Posted on 12 June 2017 by GEM Report

At the end of last week, the GEM Report’s Advisory Board met in Paris to discuss the success of the 2016 GEM Report, hear about the plans for the 2017/8 and 2019 GEM Reports, and decide on the future theme … Continue reading →

Posted in Inclusion, Report, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Uncategorized | Tagged #Target 4.5, disability, inclusive education, Report | 6 Comments

Join our youth photo competition

Posted on 7 March 2017 by GEM Report

In September 2015, the member states of the United Nations agreed on a new sustainable development agenda with 17 goals to be achieved by 2030. These Sustainable Development Goals are the collective vision of the international community. They merge the … Continue reading →

Posted in Citizenship, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Uncategorized | Tagged gender. equality, global citizenship, peace, sustainable development, Target 4.4, target 4.7 | 1 Comment

The challenge of Target 4.7 in fragile and low-resource contexts

Posted on 28 February 2017 by GEM Report

By Margaret Sinclair (Technical Adviser, Protect Education in Insecurity and Conflict Programme, Education Above All Foundation) and Jean Bernard (Senior Partner, Spectacle Learning Media) Given current challenges of conflict, insecurity and environmental collapse, we must put maximum effort into Sustainable … Continue reading →