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Category Archives: Learning
Christophe: A COVID-19 learning hero for blind learners in Burkina Faso
Christophe Oulé became blind when he was 43. “It did not happen immediately,” he said. “It took six months. At first, I felt useless. When I first knew, I told myself, a person who is blind has no access to … Continue reading
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Tagged disability, Inclusion, inclusion champions, inclusive education, learning
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Innovations in the assessment of learning proficiency in Africa
By Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS); Hilaire Hounkpodoté, PASEC Coordinator; and Martin Gustafsson, Researcher, Research on Socio-Economic Policy (ReSEP), University of Stellenbosch The Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) indicators dealing with learning proficiency have … Continue reading
Mekdes: a COVID-19 learning hero for deaf children in Ethiopia
This blog is part of a series of blogs telling the stories of COVID-19 learning heroes, whose stories were celebrated during International Education Day. Right after the first COVID-19 case was reported in Ethiopia in March 2020, the government ordered … Continue reading
Posted in disability, Inclusion, Learning, pedagogy, Teachers, teaching
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, covid19learningheroes, disability, teachers
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Prepared for the Future: A new indicator that combines completion with learning
English / Español New global indicator will provide a simple, comprehensive measure of progress towards the education goal, SDG4. By Silvia Montoya, Director, UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) and Manos Antoninis, Director, Global Education Monitoring Report The Sustainable Development Goal … Continue reading
Posted in data, Learning, Literacy, monitoring, sdgs
Tagged learning, learning outcomes, SDG4, target 4.1
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South Asia’s progress in tracking basic numeracy with a new assessment
By Steffi Elizabeth Thomas, Senior Research Associate, Pratham Education Foundation-ASER Centre, India and Waqas Imran, Data Analyst, Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA), Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), Pakistan There has been a global shift in focus towards the quality of education under … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Literacy, monitoring, sdgs, Uncategorized
Tagged learning, learning assessments, learning outcomes, literacy, numeracy, target 4.6
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Creating inclusive learning environments for students with learning differences from marginalized communities
By Rachel Brody, Global Director, Programmatic Partnerships and Inclusive Education, Teach For All Inclusive education is at the core of our collective vision at Teach For All—a world where educators, policymakers, parents, and students are working together to ensure that … Continue reading
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Three innovative responses to COVID-19 that have removed barriers to learning for the most marginalised
By Janet Lennox and Wongani Taulo Since COVID-19 burst onto the world stage, headlines have mounted about the millions of children suddenly out of school due to the closures during countries’ lockdowns. Lessons from earlier school closures, such as the … Continue reading
Posted in disability, Inclusion, Language, Learning, Marginalization, refugees
Tagged covid19
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A new comparable learning assessment designed in the Global South, For the Global South: Exploring the ICAN 2019 Findings
By Ketan Verma, PAL Network and Hannah-May Wilson, Education Partnerships Group Ambika’s house was built with red bricks and a corrugated steel roof and had spectacularly clear views of the Himalayas. We visited her village to understand whether children went … Continue reading
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Tagged assessments, learning, literacy, numeracy
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COVID-19 pandemic and indigenous and non-indigenous students in Mexico
By Enrique Valencia López Throughout the pandemic, indigenous communities have emphasised that remote learning strategies should not solely rely on online access to provide educational services. Otherwise, existing inequalities between indigenous and non-indigenous students may exacerbate as many indigenous households … Continue reading
Distance Learning Denied
Over 500 million of the world’s children and youth not accessing distance learning alternatives By Stefania Giannini, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education Most countries around the world have mandated school closures as part of public health measures to contain the … Continue reading
