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The world is off track to deliver on its education commitments by 2030
By Manos Antoninis, Director of the Global Education Monitoring Report, and Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics Without a shift from ‘business as usual’, the world will miss its goal of a quality education for all by … Continue reading
Forgotten or ignored? Education gets no mention in the draft political statement for the UN High Level Political Forum
The zero draft of the political declaration of the High Level Political Forum (HLPF), taking place this year under the auspices of the General Assembly, has been released ahead of a consultation among UN Member States in New York today. … Continue reading
New Financing for Sustainable Development Report argues “action is needed at all levels” including on education
The 2019 Financing for Sustainable Development Report (FSDR) of the Inter-agency Task Force, whose fourth edition was released today, reviews the global financing landscape to make recommendations for governments. It puts special emphasis on the five Sustainable Development Goals under … Continue reading
Turning the spotlight on those left behind to mark the first International Day of Education
By Manos Antoninis, Director of the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report and Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics On the first International Day of Education, the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) and the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) … Continue reading
Posted in data, monitoring, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized
Tagged data, monitoring, monitoring sdg4
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We are now ready to start monitoring early-grade learning
By Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Young learners have moved up the data agenda for Sustainable Development Goal 4! The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) and its partners have been pushing to upgrade SDG 4 … Continue reading
Posted in monitoring, Primary school, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized
Tagged early-grade learning, monitoring, target 4.1
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Education is not a privilege, it’s a legal right
By Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director General for Education, UNESCO Education is like a seed. And for this empowering right to flourish and grow, it must have the best conditions. Education must not only be accessible to all, it must be … Continue reading
Posted in accountability, monitoring, right to education, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized
Tagged monitoring, right to education
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Refugee education deserves higher priority in aid – but so do the data on it
Today at the UNICEF headquarters, as part of events marking the United Nations General Assembly week, a high-level meeting on action for refugee education is being co-led by UNHCR and Save the Children. It is giving prominence to the findings … Continue reading
Posted in Aid, data, monitoring, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized
Tagged 2019 gem report, aid to education, data, migration, monitoring, refugee education, refugees, world humanitarian summit
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Is global education data heading toward fragmentation?
A month ago, an article in Devex described the risk of fragmentation posed by the explosion of new international education financing mechanisms– especially as the pool of funding remains constant. Yet, the risk of fragmentation does not seem to apply … Continue reading
Posted in data, monitoring, Out-of-school children, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized
Tagged data, monitoring, out of school, out of school children, SDG4
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Charting the Pacific: the importance of national monitoring reports for mapping education trends and challenges in the region
In this blog, the Pacific Community’s Education Quality and Assessment Program explain the way they support governments from across the region in producing national education monitoring reports, and how improved data collection and analysis at the national level is essential … Continue reading
Developing world leaders agree education is their top priority
New research just released by AidData funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development; and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation contains the findings of a survey among 3,500 leaders working in … Continue reading
