Category Archives: Disaster preparedness

Rural schools in France: how inclusive are they?

Posted on 17 November 2020 by GEM Report

English / Français By Jean-Luc Massalon, former school principal, coordinator of Localised Educational Inclusion Units (ULIS) with the collaboration of Daniel April (GEM Report, UNESCO) Inclusion doesn’t exist by default, it is only when someone is excluded that inclusion becomes … Continue reading →

Posted in access, Disaster preparedness, emergencies, Out-of-school children | Tagged access, out of school, rural schools | 2 Comments

What is the best pedagogy for managing the transition back to school ?

Posted on 28 September 2020 by GEM Report

By Le Thu Huong, Programme Specialist, Section of Education Policy at UNESCO Going to school is important for children, but it may be a daunting experience this year due to the pandemic. Returning after months of being locked-down and studying … Continue reading →

Posted in Disaster preparedness, emergencies, Health, pedagogy | Tagged coronavirus, covid19, Health, pedagogy, policy, sanitation, Target 4.a | 1 Comment

Preparing for the new normal in Pakistan amid COVID 19 – A case for accelerated learning

Posted on 21 August 2020 by GEM Report

By Hamza Sarfraz, Policy Researcher and Zain ul Abidin, Programme Specialist at Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi Several months after it first hit globally, governments and experts across the world have now finally begun to register the long-term consequences of the COVID-19 crisis. Education … Continue reading →

Posted in Developing countries, Disaster preparedness, Equality, Equity, Gender, Inclusion, Uncategorized | Tagged coronavirus, covid19, girls, girls' education, Inclusion, Pakistan | 3 Comments

Digital capacities and distance education in times of coronavirus. Insights from Latin America

Posted on 12 May 2020 by GEM Report

By Nicolas Buchbinder, GEM Report Fellow Due to the coronavirus, schools have closed their doors in almost the entirety of Latin America. This is a situation with no precedent in the region. Countries have implemented different policies to continue the … Continue reading →

Posted in Disaster preparedness, emergencies, ICT, STEM, Teachers, Uncategorized | Tagged coronavirus, covid19, digital divide, digital literacy skills, ICT, technology | 4 Comments

Back to school, back to normality? Dilemmas in high-income countries

Posted on 5 May 2020 by GEM Report

There seemed no doubt when schools closed earlier this year that closures were a necessary response to the pandemic. The question is whether that reasoning has sufficiently subsided for the opening of school doors to be again acceptable. If groups … Continue reading →

Posted in Disaster preparedness, emergencies, Out-of-school children, Uncategorized | Tagged coronavirus, covid19, emergencies, high-income, out of school | 3 Comments

TVET and skills development in the time of Covid-19

Posted on 28 April 2020 by GEM Report

By Paul Comyn, Senior Skills Specialist, ILO With less than 5 months since the first official reporting of a Coronavirus (COVID-19) case, we have almost arrived at a global paralysis of regular education and training provision. This unprecedented situation is … Continue reading →

Posted in Disaster preparedness, Skills, Training, Uncategorized | Tagged coronavirus, covid19, out of school, skills training, TVET | 6 Comments

Covid-19 school closures and the summer break

Posted on 24 April 2020 by GEM Report

The shift in emphasis in global education debates in recent years towards learning outcomes has been so strong that sometimes it seemed as if we no longer valued education access unless it led to learning. The reaction to school closures … Continue reading →

Posted in Disaster preparedness, Learning, Out-of-school children, Uncategorized | Tagged coronavirus, covid19, learning, out of school, school holidays | 2 Comments

Schools closing is a risk to our village’s future

Posted on 22 April 2020 by GEM Report

By Francis Silvester, director of a school in rural Kenya I run a private school called Tower of Light in a rural place commonly known as Yala Swamp 17km away from Siaya town in Kenya. It is a registered school … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Disaster preparedness, Gender, Out-of-school children, Rural areas, Uncategorized | Tagged coronavirus, covid19, kenya, out of school | 2 Comments

Charlotte, a teacher from Marseille: “We’re being asked to do a completely different job from before.”

Posted on 16 April 2020 by GEM Report

The onset of Covid-19 means that teachers like me are suddenly being asked to do completely different jobs. While we were in the classroom engaging with children before, now we’re at home and trying to engage with their parents. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Disaster preparedness, emergencies, ICT, Inclusion, Out-of-school children, Teachers, teaching, technology, Uncategorized | Tagged coronavirus, covid19, france, ICT, out of school, teachers, teaching, technology | 7 Comments

Coronavirus: France has called for educational continuity

Posted on 15 April 2020 by GEM Report

English / Français By Anna Cristina D’Addio, Senior Policy Analyst, GEM Report, member of the Conseil d’Evaluation de l’Ecole, and mother of a teenage (lower) secondary school student in France. France closed all schools, colleges, high schools and universities on … Continue reading →