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Tag Archives: SDGs
Coronavirus also has implications for data collection on education
Questions around Covid-19 and education arise in the short, medium and long term. Right now, it is important to understand how to support teachers, parents, and students to mitigate the impact of school closures, especially for the most vulnerable Later … Continue reading
Posted in data, monitoring, Out-of-school children, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, data, monitoring, SDG 4, SDGs
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Ethiopia is making the fastest progress in primary completion in sub-Saharan Africa. How?
This week, we released new projections to 2030 for the global education goal, SDG 4, along with the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). While not all projections can be drilled down to the country level, the completion rate projections can … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, monitoring, Primary school, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized
Tagged ethiopia, high level political forum, HLPF, primary, primary education, SDG 4, SDGs
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Education has many links with other sectors
The High-level Political Forum (HLPF) in New York has begun – the core moment in the global follow up and review mechanism of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Five goals are on the agenda this year, including SDG 4 for … Continue reading
Posted in monitoring, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Uncategorized
Tagged SDG, SDG 4, SDGs, sustainable development, sustainable development goals
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The world is off track to deliver on its education commitments by 2030
By Manos Antoninis, Director of the Global Education Monitoring Report, and Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics Without a shift from ‘business as usual’, the world will miss its goal of a quality education for all by … Continue reading
New Financing for Sustainable Development Report argues “action is needed at all levels” including on education
The 2019 Financing for Sustainable Development Report (FSDR) of the Inter-agency Task Force, whose fourth edition was released today, reviews the global financing landscape to make recommendations for governments. It puts special emphasis on the five Sustainable Development Goals under … Continue reading
One more week until the application deadline for the GEM Report Fellowship
The deadline for proposals to become the first GEM Report Fellows is next Friday, 28 September. The expected start to the fellowship is January 2019. The new Fellowship programme, supported by the Open Society Foundations, aims to strengthen the evidence … Continue reading
Posted in monitoring, Report, sdgs, Uncategorized
Tagged gem fellowship, monitoring, SDG 4, SDGs
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Developing world leaders agree education is their top priority
New research just released by AidData funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development; and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation contains the findings of a survey among 3,500 leaders working in … Continue reading
Countries need to prepare teachers better to teach about our impact on the environment
It’s World Environment Day. Another opportunity for global campaigners to rally around the need for stronger commitment to stop the human impact on the planet before it is too late. Another day for policy makers to be challenged as to … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Uncategorized
Tagged Environment, SDGs, sustainable development, target 4.7
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SDG4-Education 2030 Steering Committee: Time for a concerted push to help countries produce the best possible data
By Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) and Dankert Vedeler, Co-Chair of the SDG Education 2030 Steering Committee and Assistant Director General of the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research With so many threads coming together… … Continue reading
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Tagged education-2030, SDG4, sdg4 steering committee, SDGs
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Success in Dubai: Pushing ahead on SDG 4 data
By Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) and Jordan Naidoo, Director, Education 2030 Support and Coordination at UNESCO As we unpack our bags following last week’s meeting of the Technical Cooperation Group (TCG) in Dubai, it … Continue reading
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Tagged #Target 4.5, education, SDG4, sdg4 steering committee, SDGs, Target 4.3, target 4.7
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