Category Archives: Developing countries

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

Posted on 21 August 2020 by

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 →

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The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on prosocial skills

Posted on 29 May 2020 by

By Gabriel Bădescu, Babeş-Bolyai University of Cluj, Romania, and GEM Report fellow All over the world, he Covid-19 pandemic has led to school closures. Poorer nations have tended to bring in stricter measures, relative to the severity of their outbreaks, … Continue reading →

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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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Over half of G7 aid to education goes to achieving gender equality

Posted on 5 July 2019 by

Feeding into the theme on inequality of this year’s G7 Presidency, we have carried out a breakdown of G7 donors’ aid to education to show that 55% goes to achieving gender equality. France, which holds the G7 presidency, allocates the … Continue reading →

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Parents and communities need to be engaged in migrant children’s education

Posted on 3 July 2019 by

by Anna d’Addio, Senior Policy Analyst at the GEM Report “We were blind, now our eyes have been opened … the educated children help us see. (Zahra, mother)” (Changezi and Biseth, 2011) Family and community involvement is key to overcome … Continue reading →

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Immigrants and refugees are at high risk of segregation into different schools and slower school tracks in European countries

Posted on 22 November 2018 by

On Tuesday, we launched the 2019 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report on migration and displacement. Looking at everyone on the move, different issues and challenges appear for different regions. Today will look at a key challenge for immigrants’ education in … Continue reading →

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Who benefits from abolishing secondary school fees in Malawi, and what are the costs?

Posted on 19 October 2018 by

By Esme Kadzamira, Centre for Education Research and Training, University of Malawi, Pauline Rose, Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre, University of Cambridge and Asma Zubairi, Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre, University of Cambridge. As … Continue reading →

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Free education for all in Sierra Leone? Can it happen?

Posted on 17 September 2018 by

In late August, Sierra Leone’s newly elected President Julius Madaa Bio, announced a five year initiative to roll out free pre-primary, primary and secondary education on 17 September. The new policy is intended to guarantee free school places for one … Continue reading →

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From talking to creating jobs for Africa’s youth

Posted on 10 November 2017 by

By John Mugo, Director of Youth and Talent, ZiziAfrique The inaugural Africa Talks Jobs (ATJ) conference has just ended at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa. This was an African Union-European Union (AU-EU) bilateral conversation to highlight that 2017 … Continue reading →

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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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