More children are in school – but are they learning?

By Susan Davis, president and chief executive, BRAC USA With the Education for All goals and the Millennium Development Goal of universal primary education by 2015 on our minds, perhaps it’s time to start thinking about measurements of educational quality, rather than a simple push for increased student enrollment in developing countries. Most public schools in the [...]

Rural women miss out on education — and decent jobs

By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day on March 8, “Empower Rural Women,” sheds light on the struggle that many poor, rural women face in completing even the most basic education — a finding that is backed up by new data analysis [...]

The struggle to learn skills in the city

UNICEF’s flagship annual report, launched today, focuses on the lives of marginalized children in urban areas. The State of the World’s Children 2012 finds that children in urban environments are often denied their right to education, leaving many without the skills they need to find a good job. Almost half of the world’s children now [...]

Dinos lo que piensas sobre la necesidad de adquirir competencias

Acabamos de lanzar  el blog denominado Jóvenes, Competencias y Trabajo donde los jóvenes pueden expresar sus ideas sobre las destrezas que se necesitan para tener un trabajo decente.  Jóvenes, Competencias y Trabajo es un espacio abierto para los jóvenes del mundo. Puedes presentar un ensayo, una foto, un dibujo,  un poema o simplemente  participar en [...]

Dites nous! De quelles compétences ont besoin les jeunes?

Nous venons de lancer notre nouveau blog « Youth, Skills & Work »  (jeunesse, compétences et le monde du travail), une plateforme pour les jeunes qui souhaitent échanger leurs points de vue sur le niveau d’éducation et les compétences nécessaires pour trouver un emploi décent. Le blog est ouvert aux jeunes du monde entier. Vous [...]

Tell us what you think about the need for skills!

Today we launch Youth, Skills & Work, a new blog where young people can make their voices heard on education and skills needed to get decent jobs. Youth, Skills & Work is open to young people around the world. You can submit text, a photo, a drawing, a poem, or join the conversation by commenting [...]

More teachers, please! And in Africa, women especially

Français | Español World Teachers’ Day on October 5 is an opportunity to celebrate teachers and to promote international standards for the profession. This year’s theme, “Teachers for gender equality,” serves as a reminder that recruiting and training more teachers – especially women – is crucial if we are to achieve the Education for All [...]

A week of global action for girls’ and women’s education

Français | Español The Global Monitoring Report team is joining forces with UNESCO’s network of field offices to mark this year’s Education for All Global Action Week (May 2-8), which focuses on girls’ and women’s education. In 2000, governments pledged to achieve gender equality in education by 2015 – the fifth of the six Education [...]

Education bounces back in Cambodia and Ethiopia

Français | Español By Jakob Engel, a research consultant for the Overseas Development Institute Cambodia and Ethiopia offer valuable lessons on improving access to education after conflict, the theme of the 2011 EFA Global Monitoring Report, The hidden crisis: Armed conflict and education. Ethiopia, long one of the most educationally disadvantaged countries in the world, [...]

Millions of girls are still missing out on school

Français | Español As the world marks the 100th anniversary today of International Women’s Day, it’s worth having a look at what progress has been made towards improving education for women and girls since the global community adopted the Education for All goals in 2000. The 2011 Education for All Global Monitoring Report – which UNESCO [...]