Tag Archives: Target 4.a

SMILE: designing a participatory project to promote inclusive education in Nigeria

Posted on 28 May 2021 by GEM Report

By Liesbeth Roolvink, Global Technical Lead Education Systems, SightsaversGillian Mackay, Social Inclusion Monitoring, Evidence and Learning Manager, Sightsavers Disability inclusion has been a neglected, under-prioritised issue in international development. There is a lack of evidence around what works in practice … Continue reading →

Posted in Inclusion | Tagged disability, Inclusion, inclusive education, Target 4.a | 2 Comments

Accelerating the universal prohibition of corporal punishment in educational settings

Posted on 30 April 2021 by GEM Report

Physical violence or the prospect of it affects children in every country, community and culture around the world. Sadly, much of that violence occurs in educational settings at the hands of teachers and caregivers. Continue reading →

Posted in school violence, Uncategorized, violence | Tagged corporal punishment, IPNEd, korea, Pakistan, Target 4.a | Leave a comment

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

There is wide disparity in teachers’ working hours

Posted on 7 January 2021 by GEM Report

Read in Spanish Well before COVID-19 started blurring the boundaries between work and home life for teachers, with new hybrid ways of teaching putting extra pressures, the Education 2030 Framework for Action had recognized teachers’ right to decent working conditions. … Continue reading →

Posted in Quality of education, Teachers, teaching, Uncategorized | Tagged covid, covid-19, Target 4.a, teachers | 3 Comments

Children with disabilities are still often excluded from education

Posted on 3 December 2020 by GEM Report

Today, December 3rd, marks the annual celebration of persons with disabilities. It is a reminder of the importance of removing barriers to education for all people living with disability, both visible and invisible. As many readers will know, the latest … Continue reading →

Posted in disability, Inclusion | Tagged 2020 GEM Report, disabilities, disability, Inclusion, inclusive education, target 4.5, Target 4.a | 1 Comment

Now more than ever we need to talk about inclusion in schools

Posted on 2 November 2020 by GEM Report

English / Español No teacher should have to pay with their life for carrying out their job. The horrifically violent circumstances surrounding the death of Samuel Paty, in a suburb of Paris on October 16 have traumatised France. As French … Continue reading →

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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

Fighting gang violence in El Salvador by empowering young minds

Posted on 19 September 2018 by GEM Report

By: IBREA Foundation “Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed,” wrote the poet Archibald MacLeish for the preamble of UNESCO’s constitution in 1945. Having … Continue reading →

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South Africa’s private sector calls for an end to pit latrines in schools

Posted on 27 August 2018 by GEM Report

Reports of children dying by falling into pit latrines in South Africa over the past few years followed by a flurry of legal cases saw the President launch a new Sanitation Appropriate for Education (SAFE) Initiative last week in partnership … Continue reading →

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One in ten girls in sub-Saharan Africa miss school during their period

Posted on 24 April 2018 by GEM Report

In countries around the world, menstrual hygiene and inadequate sanitation facilities are causing girls to miss classes. Across Africa, a 2016 study by Human Rights Watch estimated that one in ten African girls missed school during menstruation. Yet many countries … Continue reading →