Tag Archives: accountability

A postcard from this year’s Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference

Posted on 4 April 2018 by GEM Report

By Will Smith, Senior policy analyst at the GEM Report The most unique aspect of the Comparative and International Education Society Annual (CIES) conference is the convergence of the global education community into a single location. It is a tremendous … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, Uncategorized | Tagged accountability, cies, education | 1 Comment

The Chilean students are back for more: protesting for education equality

Posted on 30 March 2018 by GEM Report

For the third time in the past 12 years, Chilean students are back on the streets calling for equality in education. This time they are protesting a decision taken by the Constitutional Tribunal to overturn the Higher Education Law, which … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, higher education, right to education, tertiary education, Uncategorized | Tagged accountability, Chile, higher education, right to education, Target 4.3, tertiary education | 6 Comments

How technology can boost accountability in education

Posted on 27 March 2018 by GEM Report

This week, as UNESCO’s annual flagship event on ICTs in education Mobile Learning Week, is taking place in Paris, the GEM Report takes a look at the growing interest in the role of technology and big data in facilitating citizen … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, data, digital literacy, ICT, Uncategorized | Tagged accountability, ICT, ICT skills, technology | 6 Comments

Gender stereotypes in Bangladeshi, Indonesian, Malaysian and Pakistani textbooks

Posted on 16 March 2018 by GEM Report

By M Niaz Asadullah, Professor of Development Economics at the University of Malaya, Malaysia, and Kazi Mukitul Islam, German Embassy, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Female education is widely believed to benefit society through both economic and non-economic channels. Yet, for decades, girls … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, Equality, Equity, Gender, parity, textbooks, Uncategorized | Tagged 2018 gender review blog series, accountability, Gender, target 4.7, textbooks | 6 Comments

Highlights from the 2018 Gender Review launch in New York

Posted on 9 March 2018 by GEM Report

“Young women aren’t the changemakers of the future, they are the here and now” said GenUN Fellow, Rabita Tareque to a room of civil society representatives, teachers, policy makers, academics and donors at Thursday’s global launch of the Global Education … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, Equality, Equity, Gender, Uncategorized | Tagged accountability, equality, equity, Gender, parity, target 4.7 | 1 Comment

Campaigning for everybody to claim their right to education

Posted on 6 March 2018 by GEM Report

By Victoria Ibiwoye, Youth Representative of the SDG-Education 2030 Steering Committee Last week I delivered a petition signed by over 1000 right-to-education campaigners from over 110 countries at the fourth meeting of the SDG-Education 2030 Steering Committee at UNESCO headquarters … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, monitoring, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized | Tagged accountability, SDG4, sdg4 steering committee | 3 Comments

Youth leaders assemble at the UN for the SDGs

Posted on 22 February 2018 by GEM Report

The ingenuity, resolve and enthusiasm of young leaders is vital for sustainable development. Over 1000 youth leaders from over 100 countries gathered at the 2018 Winter Youth Assembly at the United Nations on February 12-14. The theme, Innovation and Collaboration … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, right to education, sdgs, Uncategorized, Youth | Tagged accountability, right to education, sustainable development goals, target 4.7, United Nations, youth | 1 Comment

How far does media coverage of international large-scale assessment help hold governments to account for their education commitments?

Posted on 16 February 2018 by GEM Report

By Mary Hamilton, Lancaster University, UK and Co-Director of the Lab for International Assessment Studies A key rationale for carrying out international comparative surveys of skills such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Programme for International Student … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, Democracy, Uncategorized | Tagged accountability, media, target 4.6 | 2 Comments

“Fulfilling one’s responsibilities”: Accountability and service to the people in Rwanda’s education system

Posted on 8 February 2018 by GEM Report

This blog is written by Catherine A Honeyman, Senior Youth Workforce Specialist at World Learning and visiting Lecturer, Duke Center for International Development at Duke University. Catherine is also the author of a case study on accountability and education in Rwanda commissioned … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, Uncategorized | Tagged accountability, country case study, rwanda, target 4.1, target 4.6 | 2 Comments

Tajikistan: Accountability on paper versus in practice

Posted on 30 January 2018 by GEM Report

This blog is written by Kate Lapham, Deputy Director of the Open Society Foundations’ Education Support Program, and the author of a case study on accountability and education in Tajikistan commissioned for the 2017/8 GEM Report. The blog is part of a series showing that accountability … Continue reading →