Category Archives: emergencies

Mission: Recovering Education 2021

Posted on 30 March 2021 by GEM Report

By Stefania Giannini, Robert Jenkins and Jaime Saavedra 🔊 Listen to this blog When your house is on fire, you don’t worry about how big it is, the colour of the paint on the walls, or whether the kitchen is … Continue reading →

Posted in Disaster preparedness, emergencies, Finance, Learning, Out-of-school children, Uncategorized | Tagged coronavirus, covid19, learning, out of school, target 4.1, target 4.6, Target 4.a | 1 Comment

Les écoles rurales en France : les oubliées de l’inclusion ?

Posted on 17 November 2020 by GEM Report

English / Français Par Jean-Luc Massalon, ex-directeur d’école, coordinateur d’Unités localisées pour l’inclusion scolaire (ULIS) avec la collaboration de Daniel April (Rapport GEM, UNESCO) L’inclusion n’existe que par manquement ; ce n’est que parce qu’on a au préalable exclu que l’on peut … Continue reading →

Posted in access, emergencies, Out-of-school children | Tagged access, out of school, rural schools | 5 Comments

Rural schools in France: how inclusive are they?

Posted on 17 November 2020 by GEM Report

English / Français By Jean-Luc Massalon, former school principal, coordinator of Localised Educational Inclusion Units (ULIS) with the collaboration of Daniel April (GEM Report, UNESCO) Inclusion doesn’t exist by default, it is only when someone is excluded that inclusion becomes … Continue reading →

Posted in access, Disaster preparedness, emergencies, Out-of-school children | Tagged access, out of school, rural schools | 2 Comments

What is the best pedagogy for managing the transition back to school ?

Posted on 28 September 2020 by GEM Report

By Le Thu Huong, Programme Specialist, Section of Education Policy at UNESCO Going to school is important for children, but it may be a daunting experience this year due to the pandemic. Returning after months of being locked-down and studying … Continue reading →

Posted in Disaster preparedness, emergencies, Health, pedagogy | Tagged coronavirus, covid19, Health, pedagogy, policy, sanitation, Target 4.a | 3 Comments

Digital capacities and distance education in times of coronavirus. Insights from Latin America

Posted on 12 May 2020 by GEM Report

By Nicolas Buchbinder, GEM Report Fellow Due to the coronavirus, schools have closed their doors in almost the entirety of Latin America. This is a situation with no precedent in the region. Countries have implemented different policies to continue the … Continue reading →

Posted in Disaster preparedness, emergencies, ICT, STEM, Teachers, Uncategorized | Tagged coronavirus, covid19, digital divide, digital literacy skills, ICT, technology | 4 Comments

Flexible learning during Covid-19: how to ensure quality higher education at a distance

Posted on 7 May 2020 by GEM Report

By Michaela Martin and Uliana Furiv, respective lead and consultant working at the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning programme specialist on a project on flexible learning pathways. The Covid-19 outbreak closed universities and other tertiary education institutions in 175 … Continue reading →

Posted in emergencies, higher education, technology, Uncategorized | Tagged coronavirus, covid19, higher education, technology, tertiary education | 4 Comments

Back to school, back to normality? Dilemmas in high-income countries

Posted on 5 May 2020 by GEM Report

There seemed no doubt when schools closed earlier this year that closures were a necessary response to the pandemic. The question is whether that reasoning has sufficiently subsided for the opening of school doors to be again acceptable. If groups … Continue reading →

Posted in Disaster preparedness, emergencies, Out-of-school children, Uncategorized | Tagged coronavirus, covid19, emergencies, high-income, out of school | 3 Comments

Charlotte, a teacher from Marseille: “We’re being asked to do a completely different job from before.”

Posted on 16 April 2020 by GEM Report

The onset of Covid-19 means that teachers like me are suddenly being asked to do completely different jobs. While we were in the classroom engaging with children before, now we’re at home and trying to engage with their parents. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Disaster preparedness, emergencies, ICT, Inclusion, Out-of-school children, Teachers, teaching, technology, Uncategorized | Tagged coronavirus, covid19, france, ICT, out of school, teachers, teaching, technology | 7 Comments

Coronavirus: France has called for educational continuity

Posted on 15 April 2020 by GEM Report

English / Français By Anna Cristina D’Addio, Senior Policy Analyst, GEM Report, member of the Conseil d’Evaluation de l’Ecole, and mother of a teenage (lower) secondary school student in France. France closed all schools, colleges, high schools and universities on … Continue reading →

Posted in digital literacy, Disaster preparedness, emergencies, ICT, Inclusion, Out-of-school children, Uncategorized | Tagged coronavirus, covid19, digital divide, digital skills, france, out of school, technology | 3 Comments

Coronavirus: la France a appelé à la continuité pédagogique

Posted on 15 April 2020 by GEM Report

English / Français Par Anna Cristina D’Addio, Responsable Principal de Projet, GEM Report (UNESCO), membre du nouveau Conseil d’Evaluation de l’Ecole et mère d’une élève du collège en France. La France a fermé toutes les écoles, collèges, lycées et universités … Continue reading →