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Tag Archives: Target 4.a
Global Education Meeting commitments in the wake of COVID-19: where do we stand?
By Silvia Montoya, Director, UNESCO Institute for Statistics Since the first school closures in March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has presented education systems with unprecedented challenges. The declaration of the Global Education Meeting (GEM) in October 2020 captured the concerns … Continue reading
Posted in data, Innovative financing, monitoring, sdg, sdgs
Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, covid19, data, finance, SDG4, skills, Target 4.a, target 4.c, teachers
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SMILE: designing a participatory project to promote inclusive education in Nigeria
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
Accelerating the universal prohibition of corporal punishment in educational settings
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
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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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There is wide disparity in teachers’ working hours
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
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Children with disabilities are still often excluded from education
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
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Now more than ever we need to talk about inclusion in schools
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
Posted in Inclusion, violence
Tagged Inclusion, school violence, Target 4.a, teachers, violence
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What is the best pedagogy for managing the transition back to school ?
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
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Fighting gang violence in El Salvador by empowering young minds
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
Posted in school violence, SRGBV, Uncategorized, violence
Tagged school violence, Target 4.a, violence
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South Africa’s private sector calls for an end to pit latrines in schools
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
Posted in private sector, Uncategorized
Tagged learning environments, private sector, sanitation, Target 4.a
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