Tag Archives: SDGs

Coronavirus also has implications for data collection on education

Posted on 26 March 2020 by

Questions around Covid-19 and education arise in the short, medium and long term. Right now, it is important to understand how to support teachers, parents, and students to mitigate the impact of school closures, especially for the most vulnerable Later … Continue reading →

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Ethiopia is making the fastest progress in primary completion in sub-Saharan Africa. How?

Posted on 12 July 2019 by

This week, we released new projections to 2030 for the global education goal, SDG 4, along with the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). While not all projections can be drilled down to the country level, the completion rate projections can … Continue reading →

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Education has many links with other sectors

Posted on 10 July 2019 by

The High-level Political Forum (HLPF) in New York has begun – the core moment in the global follow up and review mechanism of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Five goals are on the agenda this year, including SDG 4 for … Continue reading →

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The world is off track to deliver on its education commitments by 2030

Posted on 9 July 2019 by

By Manos Antoninis, Director of the Global Education Monitoring Report, and Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics Without a shift from ‘business as usual’, the world will miss its goal of a quality education for all by … Continue reading →

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New Financing for Sustainable Development Report argues “action is needed at all levels” including on education

Posted on 4 April 2019 by

The 2019 Financing for Sustainable Development Report (FSDR) of the Inter-agency Task Force, whose fourth edition was released today, reviews the global financing landscape to make recommendations for governments. It puts special emphasis on the five Sustainable Development Goals under … Continue reading →

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One more week until the application deadline for the GEM Report Fellowship

Posted on 21 September 2018 by

The deadline for proposals to become the first GEM Report Fellows is next Friday, 28 September. The expected start to the fellowship is January 2019. The new Fellowship programme, supported by the Open Society Foundations, aims to strengthen the evidence … Continue reading →

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Developing world leaders agree education is their top priority

Posted on 12 June 2018 by

New research just released by AidData funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development; and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation contains the findings of a survey among 3,500 leaders working in … Continue reading →

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Countries need to prepare teachers better to teach about our impact on the environment

Posted on 5 June 2018 by

It’s World Environment Day. Another opportunity for global campaigners to rally around the need for stronger commitment to stop the human impact on the planet before it is too late. Another day for policy makers to be challenged as to … Continue reading →

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SDG4-Education 2030 Steering Committee: Time for a concerted push to help countries produce the best possible data

Posted on 26 February 2018 by

By Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) and Dankert Vedeler, Co-Chair of the SDG Education 2030 Steering Committee and Assistant Director General of the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research With so many threads coming together… … Continue reading →

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Success in Dubai: Pushing ahead on SDG 4 data

Posted on 26 January 2018 by

By Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) and Jordan Naidoo, Director, Education 2030 Support and Coordination at UNESCO As we unpack our bags following last week’s meeting of the Technical Cooperation Group (TCG) in Dubai, it … Continue reading →

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