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First generation graduate Mary Otieno: From rural Kenya to a PhD in education
This story is part of a campaign run by the GEM Report, #Iamthe1stgirl, to accompany the launch of the 2020 GEM Gender Report. The campaign tells the stories of many girls who were the first in their family to graduate, … Continue reading
Rhetoric versus reality of Indian education policies for children with disabilities
By Vibhu Sharma, Research Consultant, Disability and Inclusion, Theirworld I was enthralled to read this year’s Global Education Monitoring Report, focusing on inclusion and education. Being, first, a person with disability, and, second, brought up in India, I had to … Continue reading
Emerging from COVID-19 pandemic: A social inclusion approach to educating learners with disabilities
By Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo, Global Disability Advisor, World Bank and Anna Cristina D’Addio, Senior Policy Analyst at the GEM Report The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic forced millions of children to stay at home and physically out of school. Despite planned … Continue reading
Posted in disability, Inclusion, Uncategorized
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, disabilities, disability, Inclusion, inclusive education
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First Generation Graduates
These are the stories of girls who are the first in their family to graduate. They were collected by the GEM Report as part of a campaign, #Iamthe1stgirl, to accompany the launch of the 2020 Gender Report, aiming to demonstrate … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Equity, Gender, Inclusion, Uncategorized
Tagged First Generation Graduates, Gender, gender equality, Inclusion
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There has been a huge leap forward in girls’ education over the past 25 years
English / Español Our 2020 Gender Report, released today, shows that 180 million more girls have enrolled in primary and secondary education since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a landmark commitment to advance the rights of girls and … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Equity, Gender, Inclusion, Uncategorized
Tagged #SDG 4.5, 2020 gender report, Gender, girls, girls' education, Inclusion
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Teachers need training on inclusion
English / Español By Anna Cristina D’Addio and Daniel April, GEM Report team Many factors go into the design of a truly inclusive education system. Some determine the way in which education systems are put in place, such as laws … Continue reading
Posted in Inclusion, Teachers, teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged Inclusion, target 4.c, teachers, teaching
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Hon Dr David Moinina Sengeh is appointed Chair of the GEM Report Advisory Board
We are delighted to announce Hon Dr David Moinina Sengeh as the new Chair of the GEM Report Advisory Board, taking over from Helen Clark, who has been Chair of the Board since 2018. He is Minister of Basic and … Continue reading
South Asia’s progress in tracking basic numeracy with a new assessment
By Steffi Elizabeth Thomas, Senior Research Associate, Pratham Education Foundation-ASER Centre, India and Waqas Imran, Data Analyst, Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA), Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), Pakistan There has been a global shift in focus towards the quality of education under … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Literacy, monitoring, sdgs, Uncategorized
Tagged learning, learning assessments, learning outcomes, literacy, numeracy, target 4.6
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Singing from the same song sheet – Growing momentum across the disability movement to adopt a comprehensive definition of inclusive education to achieve SDG 4
By Ana Lucia Arellano, Chair, IDA and Manos Antoninis, Director, GEM Report Countries committed to achieve inclusive education by 2030 and yet almost a quarter of a billion are still out of school. Of these, children with disabilities are 2.5 … Continue reading
Posted in disability, Inclusion, Uncategorized
Tagged 2020 GEM Report, disability, Inclusion
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Why the world urgently needs a global plan to get all children safely back to school
By Hollie Warren, Head of Education: Save the Children The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated more than ever that global crises require global solutions. In April, faced with a global health emergency like no other, the international community came together in … Continue reading
Posted in Aid, child marriage, Out-of-school children, Uncategorized
Tagged aid, aid to education, coronavirus, covid19, out of school children
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