Category Archives: Out-of-school children

Despite progress, segregated education persists in Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia

Posted on 7 June 2021 by GEM Report

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 | 1 Comment

The impact of COVID-19 school closures and stress on adolescent mental health in Kenya

Posted on 1 June 2021 by GEM Report

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 | Leave a comment

Have we underestimated the number of students affected by school closures?

Posted on 25 May 2021 by GEM Report

By Silvia Montoya, Director, UNESCO Institute for Statistics The COVID-19 pandemic has not only brought the loss of many lives and severe pressures on health systems, it has also had a severe and negative impact on livelihoods of disadvantaged people … Continue reading →

Posted in Learning, Out-of-school children | Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, covid19, learning, learning outcomes, out of school, out of school children, target 4.6 | 1 Comment

COVID‑19 highlights an opportunity for out-of-school children

Posted on 14 May 2021 by GEM Report

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 | 1 Comment

We are proud of the first ever policy on inclusive education in Sierra Leone: the National Policy on Radical Inclusion in Schools

Posted on 8 April 2021 by GEM Report

🔊 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 | 2 Comments

Look after hidden out-of-school children in high income countries as schools reopen

Posted on 7 April 2021 by GEM Report

🔊 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 | 3 Comments

Don’t forget about those who were not in school before the pandemic

Posted on 2 April 2021 by GEM Report

🔊 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 | 1 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

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 →