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Category Archives: Early childhood care and education
Sabine Kreutzer: putting the child at the centre in school models in Germany
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
The world post-Covid-19 might be the world pre-Incheon – or even pre-Dakar
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 coronavirus, covid19
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Jane Bouvier: helping Roma children access their right to education
Jane 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
Building the Foundations: Highlights from ASER 2019 Early Years report
By Hannah-May Wilson, Education Partnerships Group For the last fifteen years, Pratham’s Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) has provided an important and timely reminder that schooling does not equal learning. There is now wide acceptance that – despite spending … Continue reading
Aid to pre-primary education: the gap between rhetoric and reality
By Professor Pauline Rose, Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge Many donors increasingly voice their recognition of the importance of pre-primary education in their education policy, but few are matching their public … Continue reading
Sazhida runs a kindergarten for pastoralist children in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan during the summer
This content comes from our newly released interactive youth version of the 2019 GEM Report, presented today at the UN Youth Forum in New York. Jailoo kindergartens provide education for the children of pastoralist families who move to mountain pastures … Continue reading
Posted in Early childhood care and education, migrant, migration, Uncategorized, Youth
Tagged 2019 gem report, migrants, migration, pastoralist children, youth
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Morocco aims to reach 100% enrolment in pre-primary education in ten years’ time
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
Tracking of aid to early childhood development needs to improve
This blog was written by Asma Zubairi, a researcher at REAL Centre at the University of Cambridge. How much do donors spend on early childhood development? This is the key question for our new report for Theirworld Just beginning: Addressing … Continue reading
The urgent need for investment in pre-primary education
By Pauline Rose and Ben Hewitt A child’s most important steps happen before they set foot in a primary school. Early childhood, from birth to age five, is the most critical developmental stage in a person’s life. By their fifth … Continue reading
Still learning about early learning in Ethiopia
By Jack Rossiter, Young Lives, Ethiopia The potential of O-Class in Ethiopia In 2017, the research study I work for, Young Lives, released its first early learning publication: Scaling up Early Learning in Ethiopia: Exploring the Potential of O-Class [O-Class … Continue reading