Tag Archives: 2019 gem report

Teachers multitask in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar camps for Rohingya refugees

Posted on 4 March 2019 by

This content comes from our newly released interactive youth version of the 2019 GEM Report. Anowar is a Rohingya refugee who has been living in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh for over a year. He is a learning instructor in the … Continue reading →

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Undocumented children cannot go to school in South Africa: ‘The system is letting them down’

Posted on 28 February 2019 by

This content comes from our newly released interactive youth version of the 2019 GEM Report. Kutenda is a 13-year-old Zimbabwean boy in South Africa who is lucky to be in school at all. He has no documentation because the country’s … Continue reading →

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John is a Cuban teacher who moved to Canada in 1997 and faced difficulty finding work

Posted on 21 February 2019 by

This content comes from our newly released interactive youth version of the 2019 GEM Report. The reluctance of some countries to recognize teacher qualifications across borders is one of the most important challenges for migrant teachers. ‘Becoming a teacher in … Continue reading →

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Sazhida runs a kindergarten for pastoralist children in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan during the summer

Posted on 15 February 2019 by

This content comes from our newly released interactive youth version of the 2019 GEM Report, presented today at the UN Youth Forum in New York. Jailoo kindergartens provide education for the children of pastoralist families who move to mountain pastures … Continue reading →

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Providing education for migrants and refugees requires common action and shared responsibility

Posted on 7 December 2018 by

The global relevance and timeliness of the 2019 GEM Report Migration, displacement and education: Building bridges, not walls was fully evident at this week’s Global Education Meeting in Brussels. This is a key moment in the SDG 4 follow up … Continue reading →

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Displaced children with disabilities face overlapping barriers

Posted on 3 December 2018 by

The 2019 Global Education Monitoring Report launched two weeks ago, focuses on migration and displacement. In discussing displaced people with disabilities, it begins with a premise established by the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities that having an … Continue reading →

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India has some of the largest internal migration movements in the world – how has its education adapted?

Posted on 30 November 2018 by

People move around India all the time. Around 9 million moving to live in another state every year while the rates of those migrating within their state also doubled over just ten years. A lot has been done to adapt … Continue reading →

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The legacy of past restrictions on migrants remains alive and well in education in China

Posted on 27 November 2018 by

First posted in the South China Morning Post Internal migration in China for work and better opportunities is commonly described as the biggest in human history. Unsurprisingly, this has had a significant effect on education. Policies have shifted over time … Continue reading →

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The messages of the 2019 GEM Report are reaching all corners of the world

Posted on 23 November 2018 by

The 2019 GEM Report launched on Tuesday, with 12 events already, and another seven in the pipeline for next week. Almost 2,000 people attended the events, and 4,600 watched the global launch event online.  In the first two days since … Continue reading →

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New 2019 GEM Report shows insufficient progress including migrants and refugees in national education systems

Posted on 20 November 2018 by

Launched at events across five continents today, the new Global Education Monitoring Report, Building Bridges, not Walls shows that progress is insufficient in providing an inclusive education for migrants, refugees or other displaced people. Migration and displacement affect education.   … Continue reading →

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