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Armenia aims for inclusive education for all children with disabilities by 2025
In Armenia, historically, children with disabilities and special educational needs were often excluded from mainstream education. Negative attitudes towards disability, combined with feelings of shame, led large numbers of children to be sent to special boarding schools, particularly in rural areas. … Continue reading
Posted in disability, Equality, Inclusion
Tagged 2021 Eurasia, Armenia, disability, Inclusion, inclusive education, target 4.1, target 4.7
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Centuries of discrimination still run deep for Roma in Europe
By Manos Antoninis, director Global Education Monitoring Report In the Roma settlement of Obiliq, on the outskirts of Pristina in Kosovo, people have little access to basic amenities like electricity and running water. Since the pandemic hit, schools have closed their … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Ethnicity, Inclusion
Tagged 2021 Eurasia, equality, Inclusion, inclusive education, out of school, target 4.1, target 4.7
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Despite progress, segregated education persists in Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia
English / Español Today, the regional edition of the GEM Report on inclusion and education in Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia has been released in Russian, with an executive summary version produced in almost 30 regional … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Inclusion, Out-of-school children, Uncategorized
Tagged 2021 Eurasia, equality, Inclusion, inclusive education, target 4.1, target 4.7
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The impact of COVID-19 school closures and stress on adolescent mental health in Kenya
By Jessie Pinchoff, Karen Austrian, Faith Mbushi, Population Council & Julie Mwabe, Kenya Executive Office of the President, Policy and Strategy Unit “I had anxiety because we left school when we were just about to sit for the exams, and … Continue reading
Posted in Out-of-school children, Youth
Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, covid19, kenya, mental health, target 4.1, youth
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COVID‑19 highlights an opportunity for out-of-school children
The response of education during the pandemic has revealed the possibilities, both digital and non-digital, to reduce the number of out-of-school children, including those who were already excluded before the COVID‑19 crisis. By Wongani Grace Taulo, Suguru Mizunoya, Garen Avanesian, … Continue reading
Posted in Out-of-school children
Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, covid19, out of school, target 4.1
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We are proud of the first ever policy on inclusive education in Sierra Leone: the National Policy on Radical Inclusion in Schools
🔊 Listen to this blog By Dr David Moinina Sengeh, Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education of Sierra Leone and Chair of the Advisory Board for the GEM Report I became the Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education of Sierra … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Equality, Inclusion, Out-of-school children
Tagged Inclusion, inclusive education, Sierra Leone, target 4.1, target 4.5, target 4.7
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Look after hidden out-of-school children in high income countries as schools reopen
🔊 Listen to this blog / Read in spanish Europe is one of the worst hit regions by COVID-19. Schools remain closed in many countries. New closures have been announced in the last few days across France, and many schools … Continue reading
Posted in Marginalization, Out-of-school children
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, out of school, target 4.1
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Don’t forget about those who were not in school before the pandemic
🔊 Listen to this blog By Andrew Christensen, Dr Carla Pezzulo , Professor Andy Tatem , Dr Victor Alegana and Omar Bakari, academics and practitioners working in education policy, disability rights, public health, and geospatial and data science School closures … Continue reading
Posted in Out-of-school children, Primary school, Secondary school
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, out of school, out of school children, target 4.1, youth
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Mission: Recovering Education 2021
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
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How will countries make up for lost learning during the pandemic?
🔊 Listen to this blog As one lockdown week morphs into another, the learning of millions of students continues to be disrupted. UNESCO figures show, on average, two-thirds of an academic year has been lost worldwide due to COVID-19 school closures. The learning loss is enormous. The … Continue reading
Posted in curriculum, Finance, Learning, Uncategorized
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, curriculum, finance, financing, learning, target 4.1, target 4.6
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