Category Archives: Primary school
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
We need to act urgently on inequality to get every child into school by 2015
By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report There are only 1,000 days to go until the deadline for the Education for All goals, but there are still 61 million primary school age children out of … Continue reading
Posted in Basic education, Equity, Gender, Out-of-school children, Poverty, Primary school, Rural areas
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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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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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A post-2015 youth perspective: It’s make-or-break time for education
By Naim Keruwala I came across this picture on my Facebook timeline a couple of days ago. It captures very well the state of education in many countries, where government schools providing free education are inadequate and quality of education … Continue reading
Africa’s 3 top education priorities for the next decade
By Birger Fredriksen, a senior advisor at the Results for Development Institute and former director for human development for Africa at the World Bank. How can countries seize the opportunities and minimize the risks posed by the rapid change that … Continue reading
A goal for 2030: primary and lower secondary school completion
Cris Revaz, executive director of the Basic Education Coalition, lays out the coalition’s recommendations for a new set of global education goals, outlined in a new paper, Each Child Learning, Every Student a Graduate. Our recommendations are built around a … Continue reading
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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