Category Archives: Adult education

Major efforts are needed to make high-quality adult learning and education a reality worldwide

Posted on 11 December 2019 by GEM Report

By Werner Mauch, Team Leader Monitoring and Assessment of Lifelong Learning, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Every three years, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning publishes the Global Report on Adult Learning and Education (GRALE) to monitor the extent to … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult education, Learning, Uncategorized | Tagged adult education, GRALE 4, lifelong learning, Target 4.3 | 1 Comment

What we do in Heraklion to accomplish integration through education

Posted on 6 December 2019 by GEM Report

By Nikolaos Angelakis, Deputy Mayor for Education, Longlife Learning and Youth Issues Heraklion, our city, aims to become a learning, smart, cohesive city – a meeting place of “5+1 cultures”. That’s why we have created “The Local Strategic Plan for … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult education, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, Uncategorized | Tagged cities, Heraklion, Learning Cities, lifelong learning, migration, Target 4.4 | 1 Comment

How much does it cost to achieve universal literacy?

Posted on 10 September 2019 by GEM Report

As events for International Literacy Day continue, new cost estimates have been produced by UNESCO showing that US$14 billion will be needed if the 20 countries with the lowest literacy rates, which are members of the Global Alliance for Literacy … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult education, Literacy, Uncategorized, Youth | Tagged adult literacy, literacy, numeracy, target 4.6, youth literacy | 2 Comments

It’s not ok if prisoners can’t read

Posted on 7 September 2017 by GEM Report

Tomorrow is International Literacy Day. A group, which has higher rates of illiteracy than other sections of the population but is rarely discussed, is those in the correctional justice system. In the 2016 GEM Report, we noted that more than … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult education, Literacy, Marginalization, Uncategorized | Tagged adult education, adult literacy, literacy | 3 Comments

DigComp: A framework helping young people to use their digital skills to find work

Posted on 19 July 2017 by GEM Report

Today, in an everyday digital world surrounded by videogames, smartphones, digital social networks and online chats, still 45% of the European Union population and 37% of its labour force have insufficient digital skills. Having digital skills is nowadays also relevant … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult education, Developed countries, digital literacy, Employment, europe, ICT, Skills, Uncategorized, Youth | Tagged digital literacy skills, digital skills, education, europe, european commission, ICT, ICT skills, Target 4.4, youth employment, youth skills | Leave a comment

Lifelong learning will help with our much needed shift to greener economies

Posted on 18 November 2016 by GEM Report

Did you learn about climate change when you were in school? If you’re not in today’s ‘youth’ bracket, it’s unlikely that you did. If we are to respond to the impact of climate change and other critical environmental challenges today … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult education, Climate change, Uncategorized | Tagged climate change, education, Environment, lifelong learning | 5 Comments

Target 4.3 – What is at stake for monitoring progress on technical, vocational, tertiary and adult education?

Posted on 21 October 2016 by GEM Report

4.3 By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university Target 4.3 covers a very wide range of education opportunities. For monitoring progress, two issues stand out. First, … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult education, monitoring, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized | Tagged adult education, monitoring, monitoring sdg 4 blog series, SDG4, SDGs, Target 4.3, TVET | 4 Comments

Learning how to farm – the impact of Farmer Field Schools

Posted on 28 September 2016 by GEM Report

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 →

Posted in Adult education, Africa, Out-of-school children, Poverty, Rural areas, Uncategorized | Tagged adult education, Africa, agricultural development, agriculture, education, farmer field schools, farmers, farming, IFAD, rural development, sustainable development | 3 Comments

Afghan police better their lives – and others’ – with literacy

Posted on 26 September 2016 by GEM Report

Gul Rahman, a patrolman at Paktya Province prison security unit, Afghanistan, has greatly improved his ability to serve as a policeman as a result of his literacy class. He is married and the sole breadwinner for 12 family members. “Afghanistan … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult education, agricultural development, Asia, Basic education, Developing countries, Equality, legal aid, legal rights, Legislation, Literacy, Marginalization, peace, rural development, sdg, sdgs, Skills, Sustainable development, united nations | Tagged adult education, afghanistan, development, education, human rights, legal aid, target 4.6 | 4 Comments

SDG4 is a universal agenda – and that includes high income countries

Posted on 16 September 2016 by GEM Report

“Can OECD’s data guide the world towards better education systems?” asks a blog promoting yesterday’s launch of the 2016 edition of the OECD flagship publication, Education at a Glance. The Introduction of the 2016 Education at a Glance is one … Continue reading →