Category Archives: Developing countries
Turning the ‘resource curse’ into a blessing for education
Maximizing the income from natural resources such as oil and minerals could provide an education to 86% out-of-school children and 42% of out-of-school adolescents in 17 developing countries, according to calculations by the EFA Global Monitoring Report team. Our new … Continue reading
The urgency of reaching out-of-school children for economic and social development
Nicholas Burnett is managing director at Results for Development Institute, where he manages the Education portfolio. New analysis from the Results for Development Institute sheds light on the cost to countries’ economies from out-of-school children. Among the most alarming revelations … Continue reading
Every child needs a good teacher, especially in the early grades
By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report Worldwide, 250 million primary school age children are not learning the basics – even though almost half of them are in school. Studies in several countries have shown … Continue reading
Post-2015 and Bali: Without education for all, we can’t achieve sustained prosperity for all
It was very good news that a global meeting this week seems to have made progress in aligning two competing visions for the post-2015 development agenda – one centred on eradicating poverty and the other on sustainable development. But it … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, Developing countries, Donors, Early childhood care and education, Equality, Equity, Governance, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Primary school, Quality of education, Uncategorized
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The world’s poorest children are paying a high price for scholarships
By Nicole Comforto, EFA Global Monitoring Report For many donor countries, a large proportion of ‘aid’ never leaves their country. Spending this money on education in the world’s poorest countries could go a long way to giving the 132 million … Continue reading
Post-2015: If we don’t tackle educational inequality, we’ll fail the fairness test
By Will Paxton, head of education policy and advocacy for Save the Children UK and chair of the Global Campaign for Education UK’s Policy Group, and Anthony Davis, policy adviser for Plan UK As debates about the post-2015 development framework … Continue reading
Education for All is affordable – by 2015 and beyond
If governments and donors make concerted efforts to meet the promises they made in 2000, basic education for all could be achieved by 2015, according to analysis in a new policy paper released by the Education for All Global Monitoring … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Aid, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, Developing countries, Donors, Economic growth, Equality, Equity, Finance, Innovative financing, Latin America, Learning, Literacy, Millennium Development Goals, North America, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Pre-primary education, Primary school, Quality of education, Uncategorized
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Business leaders at the World Economic Forum must boost finance for education
As political and business leaders gather in Davos for another year’s World Economic Forum, the Education for All Global Monitoring Report has released a new policy paper showing that contributions from corporations and private foundations combined total only $683 million … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, Developing countries, Economic growth, Out-of-school children, Pre-primary education, Primary school, Quality of education, Teachers, Uncategorized
Tagged aid, davos, donors, education, Education for All, philanthropy, private sector, world economic forum
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Education after 2015: The Commonwealth perspective
Commonwealth ministers of education recently outlined their vision for education’s role in the new global goals for development, emphasizing education’s catalytic power and stressing the need for equity and quality in addition to access. By Jonathan Penson, education adviser at … Continue reading
In 2013, let’s keep our education promises – and get ready to make some more
By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report With less than three years until the deadline for the Education for All goals, I sincerely hope 2013 is a year of urgent action to accelerate progress – … Continue reading
Posted in Basic education, Developing countries, Equity
Tagged developing countries, Education for All, primary education
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