Category Archives: Language

Three innovative responses to COVID-19 that have removed barriers to learning for the most marginalised

Posted on 13 July 2020 by GEM Report

By Janet Lennox and Wongani Taulo Since COVID-19 burst onto the world stage, headlines have mounted about the millions of children suddenly out of school due to the closures during countries’ lockdowns. Lessons from earlier school closures, such as the … Continue reading →

Posted in disability, Inclusion, Language, Learning, Marginalization, refugees | Tagged covid19 | 9 Comments

Jean-Paul Gaultier, Hillary Clinton, Shakira, Pele, Yalitza Aparicio and others join in calling for more inclusive education

Posted on 26 June 2020 by GEM Report

High-profile influencers from around the world joined the GEM Report in calling for more inclusive education systems. The 2020 Global Education Monitoring Report showed that exclusion in education had deepened during the COVID-19 pandemic. For instance, about 40% of low and … Continue reading →

Posted in curriculum, Inclusion, Language, legal rights, Uncategorized | Tagged 2020 GEM Report, Inclusion, inclusive education | 3 Comments

Sabine Kreutzer: putting the child at the centre in school models in Germany

Posted on 27 May 2020 by GEM Report

English / Español Sabine is one of many champions being highlighted by the GEM Report in the run up to the launch of its 2020 publication on inclusion and education: All means all, due out 23 June. In their own … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Early childhood care and education, Equality, europe, immigration, Inclusion, Language | Tagged 2020 GEM Report, Inclusion, inclusion champions | 3 Comments

New photo competition on inclusion and education

Posted on 10 September 2019 by GEM Report

The 2020 GEM Report due out in April 2020 will cover inclusion in education, addressing all those at risk of exclusion from education because of gender, sexual orientation, displacement, migration, ethnicity, language, remoteness, poverty, disability or other characteristics. Pictures speak … Continue reading →

Posted in disability, Gender, Inclusion, Language, migrant, migration, Poverty, Uncategorized | Tagged #SDG 4.5, #Target 4.5, 2020 GEM Report, disability, displacement, Gender, Inclusion, inclusive education, language, migration, poverty | 1 Comment

OECD countries prioritize education to improve inclusion of migrants and refugees

Posted on 28 June 2018 by GEM Report

There’s a deluge of reports on migrants and refugees just out. The 2018 International Migration Outlook, OECD’s report on migration flows and policies was released last week. Reflecting the tone of the latest UNHCR report on the rise of the … Continue reading →

Posted in immigration, Language, migration, Uncategorized | Tagged 2019 gem report, displaced populations, displacement, immigration, migrants, migration | 1 Comment

Books are essential to solving the global learning crisis

Posted on 23 February 2018 by GEM Report

By Joseph Nhan-O’Reilly, Head of Education Policy and Advocacy, Save the Children and Chair of the Global Book Alliance A new coalition of governments, international agencies, NGOs and the private sector has launched this week with the aim of closing … Continue reading →

Posted in Language, Literacy, textbooks, Uncategorized | Tagged books, language, mother-tongue, target 4.6, Target 4.a, textbooks | 5 Comments

Promoting literacy in a multilingual society

Posted on 11 August 2017 by GEM Report

By Paula Korsnakova, Senior Research and Liaison Advisor, IEA Reflecting on the results of providing instruction in a language other than the one spoken at home Did you know that apparently 66% of children in the world are raised to … Continue reading →

Posted in Language, pedagogy, teaching, Uncategorized | Tagged language, learning, target 4.6, teaching | 3 Comments

Multilingual teaching does more than just improve learning

Posted on 20 February 2017 by GEM Report

The most widely read GEM Report publication is our paper last year on language policy in education. Why? Because there are about 6,500 languages spoken in the world today, and, as we showed in that study, a staggering 40% of … Continue reading →

Posted in Language, Teachers | Tagged education, language, teaching | 3 Comments

Target 4.5 – What is at stake for monitoring progress on equity in education?

Posted on 18 October 2016 by GEM Report

4.5 By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations While there is progress toward monitoring … Continue reading →

Posted in Equality, Equity, Gender, Language, Learning, monitoring, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized | Tagged #Target 4.5, equality, Gender, language, monitoring sdg 4 blog series | 3 Comments

In my tribe, we go to a different type of school

Posted on 15 September 2016 by GEM Report

Blog by Mundiya Kapanga, who attended the launch of the 2016 GEM Report in London. I know that Westerners are busy and that you are always looking at your watch so I will be quick. I will only take five … Continue reading →