Category Archives: Basic education

Rhetoric versus reality of Indian education policies for children with disabilities

Posted on 3 November 2020 by

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 →

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Which are the biggest aid donors to education?

Posted on 30 July 2020 by

The recent new policy paper by the GEM Report shows that aid to each of the three education levels – basic, secondary and upper secondary education – has grown in the latest annual release of data from 2018. The last … Continue reading →

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How much aid is spent on education and where does it go?

Posted on 28 July 2020 by

English / Español While the main message of our new policy paper on the latest figures of levels of aid to education is that COVID-19 is a serious threat to aid recovery, it would be a shame not to give greater … Continue reading →

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Colin Northmore: Helping immigrant students in South Africa exercise their right to education

Posted on 2 June 2020 by

Colin 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 way, and in … Continue reading →

Posted in access, Africa, Basic education, Human rights, immigrant, Inclusion | Tagged | 6 Comments

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

Posted on 27 May 2020 by

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 →

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The world post-Covid-19 might be the world pre-Incheon – or even pre-Dakar

Posted on 20 May 2020 by

English / Español By Sheldon Shaeffer, Chair, Board of Directors, Asia=Pacific Regional Network on Early Childhood (ARNEC) Post-Covid-19, the world will not be the same for a very long time. Life may be so different that there might not even … Continue reading →

Posted in access, Basic education, Early childhood care and education, Health, Inclusion, Quality of education, sdgs | Tagged , | 5 Comments

Why non-state education requires support in the current pandemic

Posted on 13 May 2020 by

By Alice Doorly, Global Schools Forum (GSF), a non-profit membership organisation working with non-state organisations in developing countries who are serving children from low-income backgrounds. Since March, teachers from three non-state primary schools run by Peepul, serving low-income communities in … Continue reading →

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Internally Displaced Girls and Education in Yemen

Posted on 6 January 2020 by

By YoumnaFathi Al-Aswadi, author of a background paper for the Arab States 2019 GEM Report on migration, displacement and education The protracted conflict in Yemen since March 2015 has resulted in significant human suffering. More than 3.65 million people have … Continue reading →

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Morocco aims to reach 100% enrolment in pre-primary education in ten years’ time

Posted on 25 July 2018 by

Launched last week in Skhirat, Morocco, on the national day for pre-primary education, the Minister of Education, Said Amzazi, described a new national programme that aims to have 67% enrolment in early childhood education by 2021 and every single child … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Early childhood care and education, Out-of-school children, Pre-primary education, rural development, Uncategorized | Tagged , | 2 Comments

New GEM Report says ‘Don’t just blame the teacher when the system is at fault’

Posted on 24 October 2017 by

The 2017/8 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report was released today at global events in Maputo, Mozambique, Brasilia, Brazil and in London, UK. It stresses that accountability is indispensable in achieving SDG 4. The Report highlights the responsibility of governments to … Continue reading →

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