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The Learning Crisis is Causing a Skills Crisis. Here’s Why

Skill development is a critical part of preparing for work in the future – even for jobs that do not yet exist. It goes without saying that a child who cannot read, write or perform at least simple...
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27/08/2018
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Meet the SDG 4 Data: Equal Access to All Levels of Education and Training for the Most Vulnerable People

Learn about the parity indices used to monitor progress towards Target 4.5, which aims to eliminate inequalities in education. This series of blogs on the indicators for Sustainable Development Goal...
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15/08/2018
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Meet the SDG 4 Data: Indicator 4.4.1 on Skills for a Digital World

SDG 4 Indicator 4.4.1 measures how many youth and adults have the right information technology skills, giving them a path better jobs As we unpack the data that are needed for the achievement of SDG...
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08/08/2018
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Meet the SDG 4 Data: Giving Youth the Skills They Need for the Job Market

This week we review SDG 4 indicator 4.3 on quality technical, vocational and tertiary education  As we travel through the SDG 4 data in this series of blogs, we have already looked at the all-...
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01/08/2018
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Meet the SDG 4 Data: Preparing Children for Education

Learn about the indicators for 4.2 that assess whether children are ready to learn and have participated in preschool I’m sure we all remember our first day at primary school. Our reactions may have...
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25/07/2018
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Meet the SDG 4 Data: Measuring How Much Children Are Learning

Let’s review Indicator 4.1.1 on learning outcomes In the recent introduction to this series of blogs, Everything you always wanted to know about SDG 4 data indicators… but didn’t know who to ask, I...
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18/07/2018
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About SDG 4 indicators… But Didn’t Know Who or How to Ask!

New tools from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics chart a course for education stakeholders One constant dilemma for researchers and statisticians is how to translate intricate technical processes...
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11/07/2018
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Across the Pacific: Building Effective Education Management Information Systems

This week at the Asia-Pacific Meeting on Education 2030 in Bangkok, stakeholders will exchange ideas on how to transform learning. The first step lies in sound data systems to help governments...
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10/07/2018
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