Category Archives: Youth
What’s top of the 2012 global education news?
By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report The tragic shooting in Pakistan of Malala in the name of girls’ education, the rebuilding of education in South Sudan one year after independence and in Haiti two … Continue reading
Posted in Basic education, Developing countries, Skills, Youth
Tagged developing countries, education, youthskillswork
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Join our #youthskillswork infographic competition
Data are key to telling us how well we are doing in progressing towards Education for All – whether countries are on track or off track, and who is getting left behind in entering school or learning once inside the … Continue reading
Posted in Citizenship, Competition, technology, Youth
Tagged competition, Education for All, infographics
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From the streets of Sudan: Khalid’s story
The winner of the 2012 EFA Global Monitoring Report art contest, Khalid Mohamed Hammad Elkhateem, knows the importance of education. His winning artwork “In the middle of nowhere” describes how youth of today are lost in the mismatch of skills … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Basic education, Conflict, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Poverty, Youth
Tagged conflict, education, Sudan
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For Ghana’s young, skills are the test of progress
By Kwame Akyeampong, Senior policy analyst, Education for All Global Monitoring Report Ghana, which aims to become a middle income country by 2020, continues to receive praise from the international media for its impressive progress. As a Ghanaian who analyses … Continue reading
Posted in Marginalization, Skills, Youth
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Literacy: Let’s listen to what adults want to learn
By Anna Robinson-Pant, Professor of Education, University of East Anglia The fourth Education for All goal is to halve adult illiteracy between 2000 and 2015. How is the world faring? To mark International Literacy Day on September 8, we asked … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Equity, Gender, Literacy, Marginalization, Quality of education, Skills, Teachers, technology, Training, Youth
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Education and jobs: hot topics for International Youth Day
With one in eight young people out of work, education and employment are urgent topics of discussion for this year’s International Youth Day on August 12.. Education’s crucial role in providing young people with the skills they need for solid … Continue reading
Posted in Basic education, Economic growth, Employment, Equality, Marginalization, Skills, Training, Youth
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Create jobs, yes – but give us the skills to do them
It’s good that job creation is at the top of the agenda at the G20 summit in Mexico today. But young people need the right skills to do those jobs – and now they’re demanding that world leaders finally give … Continue reading
Posted in Group of 8, Skills, Youth, Training, Employment, Economic growth, Group of 20
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Measuring and improving skills – the new ‘global currency’
The OECD Skills Strategy, launched this week at the OECD Forum, underlines the importance of our focus on the marginalized in the forthcoming 2012 Education for All Global Monitoring Report, on youth, skills and work. While those who are in … Continue reading
Posted in Employment, Marginalization, Skills, Training, Youth
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Africa Progress Report calls for big push on education
Urgent action is needed to tackle a “twin crisis” in access to education and the quality of teaching, according to the 2012 Africa Progress Report, Jobs, Justice and Equity: Seizing Opportunities in Times of Global Change, which was launched on … Continue reading
BRIEFLY: Skills for work on the agenda in Shanghai
With high youth unemployment making headlines around the world, it is more crucial than ever to give young people a chance to learn the skills that employers need. Policy makers and education specialists from around the world will tackle these issues … Continue reading
Posted in Employment, Equity, Marginalization, Skills, Training, Youth
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