BRIEFLY: One year later, a fresh start for Arab youth?

As well as sparking a wave of change across the Arab world, the Tunisian revolution exactly a year ago turned the spotlight on the widespread youth joblessness in the region. One key ingredient of the frustration and disappointment that helped drive the popular revolt was the failure of education systems to give young people the [...]

‘Lies, damn lies and statistics’

By Leila Loupis, communications manager, Education for All Global Monitoring Report Français | Español ‘Lies, damned lies and statistics’ – one of Mark Twain’s favourite lines, even if he didn’t coin it himself – may not have been heard much at this year’s inaugural World Statistics Day on Wednesday. But the many events held to mark [...]