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Tag Archives: Africa
Initial findings from the new Afrobarometer confirm that educated people are more likely to migrate
The Afrobarometer is a pan-African network that carries out face to face opinion surveys in more than 35 countries each year. The full data is due out later this year, but initial data from nine countries – Ghana, Benin, Côte … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, immigration, migration, Uncategorized
Tagged 2019 gem report, Africa, migration
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From talking to creating jobs for Africa’s youth
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
Posted in Africa, Developing countries, Skills, Uncategorized
Tagged Africa, jobs, skills, skills training, Target 4.4, youth skills
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For Africa to achieve inclusive growth, it will need to learn how to get there
The World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa is taking place in Durban, South Africa this week under the theme ‘Achieving inclusive growth: responsive and responsible leadership’. The current prosperity enjoyed by pockets of people around the world – Africa included … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Developing countries, Economic growth, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, Africa, economic growth, prosperity, south africa, Target 4.4, WEF
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The 1994 Genocide as Taught in Rwanda’s Classrooms
This blog looks at how textbook and curricula reforms in Rwanda have worked to cover the 1994 Genocide and instill the ideals of tolerance, unity and reconciliation in students. It is part of a series of blogs on this site published … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Conflict, curriculum, monitoring, sdg, sdgs, teaching, textbooks, united nations, violence
Tagged Africa, Between the Lines Blog Series, conflict, curricula, curriculum, genocide, rwanda, teachers, teaching, textbooks, tolerance
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Learning how to farm – the impact of Farmer Field Schools
By Mwatima Juma, Tanzania Country Programme Officer – IFAD A group of 20 farmers gather around a facilitator who is demonstrating how to prepare nutritious fodder for dairy cows on Zanzibar island, off the coast of Tanzania. They are attending … Continue reading
The regional stories of the GMR 2015. Part I
The GMR 2015 was released almost two weeks ago. Events are continuing to take place around the world, including in Pakistan, the Philippines, Germany, Netherlands, Namibia and Switzerland just this week. In total, well over 60 countries will be holding … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Arab States, education, EFA Report 2015, out of school children, sub-Saharan Africa
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Report cards for Education for All: 2000-2015
Which Education for All goal needs a rethink? Which calls for us to try harder? Read and share the Report cards for each of the global education goals set in Dakar taken from the GMR 2015: Education for all 2000-2015: Achievements … Continue reading
Posted in Adult education, Africa, Aid, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, Conflict, Democracy, Developing countries, Donors, Early childhood care and education, Equality, Equity, Finance, Gender, Latin America, Learning, Literacy, Marginalization, mdgs, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Poverty, Pre-primary education, Primary school, Quality of education, Report, Sustainable development
Tagged adult illiteracy, Africa, aid, basic education, developing countries, education, Education for All, equality, equity, finance, Gender, Millennium Development Goals, post-2015, pre-primary education, primary education, quality, secondary education, skills, teachers, UNESCO, United Nations
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Was education progress faster after Dakar?
The freshly released GMR, “Education for All 2000-2015: achievements and challenges” shows that only a third of countries reached all of the measurable Education for All goals. Only half reached the most watched goal of universal primary education. While the … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Basic education, Developing countries, Early childhood care and education, Gender, Learning, Marginalization, mdgs, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Pre-primary education, Primary school, Quality of education, Uncategorized
Tagged Africa, asia, dakar, development, education, Millennium Development Goals, post2015, pre-primary education, primary education, primary school, UNESCO
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Wanted urgently: adequately trained teachers so all children can go to school by 2030
By Aaron Benavot, director of the EFA Global Monitoring Report and Albert Motivans, head of Education Statistics at the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. A new paper jointly released by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) and the Education for All Global … Continue reading
Posted in Basic education, Developed countries, Developing countries, Literacy, Post-secondary education, Pre-primary education, Primary school, Rural areas, Teachers
Tagged Africa, development, education, learning, post-2015, quality, skills, target 4.c, teach, teacher, teachers, teaching
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Investing in skills makes good business sense
Opinion Editorial by Pauline Rose, Director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report, UNESCO, Paris The figures in the recently published Education for All Global Monitoring Report are a sad indictment on how we continue to fail children around … Continue reading
Posted in Basic education, Developing countries, Employment
Tagged Africa, economic growth, education, Target 4.4
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