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Reconceptualizing the ‘learning crisis’ in Africa: Putting children, communities, and languages at the center - World Education Blog
Across Africa, the phrase ‘learning crisis’ has become shorthand for the continent’s education challenges. As the 2022 and 2024 Spotlight Reports on Africa show, however, the learning crisis is not new. Nonetheless, the crisis framing risks narrowing our vision. When learning is reduced to assessment results, we overlook children’s lived experiences, teachers’ professional agency, and the linguistic and cultural worlds shaping classrooms.
How to avoid three common pitfalls in EdTech impact evaluations - World Education Blog
Around the world, major philanthropic agencies are turning to educational technology (EdTech) to improve learning. In the rush to identify tools that can quickly, cost-effectively, and reliably support children’s learning, ‘impact’ has become the central measure of success. But measuring educational impact in EdTech is far from straightforward. The reasons are many, and widely debated in education circles. Here, I focus on three pitfalls that I frequently come across in my role of Director of the International Centre for EdTech Impact.
The unfinished business of girls’ education, thirty years after Beijing - World Education Blog
In 1995, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action set out an ambitious vision: full and equal participation of women in all aspects of life, including education.Thirty years later, much has been achieved but new UNESCO data show how much remains unfinished.
Launch of the Continental Assessment Framework for Africa - Advancing harmonized learning assessment across the continent - World Education Blog
Education remains the cornerstone of Africa’s development and a central driver of the aspirations of Agenda 2063, the Continental Education Strategy for Africa (CESA), and the global commitment to Sustainable Development Goal 4.
Unlock teacher leadership through collaboration in schools - World Education Blog
In classrooms across the globe, teachers do far more than deliver lessons. They spark curiosity, nurture creativity, and create communities of learning. Many also step into leadership roles, mentoring colleagues, shaping school culture, and building bridges with families and communities.
Tents are not schools: Between dreams and displacement in Gaza - World Education Blog
Some children dream of becoming doctors, engineers or artists. But many children in Gaza only dream of having a real classroom; not a tent, not a dusty corner under a plastic cover, but a proper space with a desk, a board and a sense of safety.
A message for education leaders about the unfinished promise of Education for All - World Education Blog
It has been almost 10 years since the world committed to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for all by 2030, what is known as Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4). The GEM Report was invited at the end of August to present an update on global progress towards that goal to the SDG 4 High-level Steering Committee (HLSC) meeting in Chile.
Countdown to 2030: A few words about the approach to the next three GEM Report editions - World Education Blog
As the 2030 deadline draws nearer, there is a clear demand for stocktaking and reflection. First, to review what progress countries have made in developing their education systems in line with the SDG 4 targets. Second, to attempt to explain why some countries have done better than their peers. An analysis of this kind would provide an essential frame to support the global debate on a future international education agenda.
We need to build the capacity of nutrition professionals - World Education Blog
The links between education and nutrition are often thought of solely in terms of the first 1000 days of a child’s life, or school meals. When you think of education in its broader sense, however, you realize it is far more of a partner in a bid for better nutrition: not only because of the lessons we learn throughout life about how to eat well and sustainably, but also because of the role education plays in ensuring that nutrition professionals have the knowledge and skills to help societies move towards better diets. This can happen through higher education, through organizations, through training programmes for current nutrition professionals, and in communities.
Nutrition professionals should be involved in school meal programmes - World Education Blog
One message we hope that will make its way to the 2nd Global Summit of the School Meals Coalition taking place this week in Brazil is that nutritionists should be involved so that school meals are nutritionally balanced, diverse and tailored to local needs.
School meals should be better monitored for quality - World Education Blog
There have been multiple attempts at developing nutrition outcome indicators. Most attention is on early childhood. The Global Nutrition Report, established at the 2014 Nutrition for Growth Summit, tracks government, donor and other stakeholder commitments for nutrition, spotlighting the first 1,000 days.
From Sumatra to Bali: A teacher's story of education inequality in Indonesia - World Education Blog
With over 61 million students and 5 million teachers, Indonesia’s education system is the fourth largest in the world. Within this enormous system, however, lie many unmet dreams. The opportunities afforded to children in Indonesia still very much depend on where they live, their income and (less so) their gender. Ahmad Fadli, a teacher who […]
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has announced a new policy on pregnant girls in school: will it work? - World Education Blog
‘There is no justification for excluding pregnant girls from the education system if they have not expressed a desire to leave school’, said a new directive issued by the Minister of National Education and New Citizenship in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a breakthrough for girls in the country.
China is embracing AI in education. How are principals coping? - World Education Blog
China has plans to introduce AI education in all primary and secondary schools by 2030. By 2035, it aims to make AI integral to textbooks, exams and classrooms at all levels. This is a big change for school leaders, just as it is for leaners.
AI in education: It can disrupt – or it can empower; leadership can make the difference - World Education Blog
Digital technology is reshaping education. Without education leaders steering such changes with the interests of students and teachers in mind, technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), there are real risks ahead. The promise and the peril AI can personalize learning, support students with disabilities and ease the administrative burden on teachers. But without leadership at […]
From paper to AI: Connecting education to the grid in the Solomon Islands - World Education Blog
By: Juliet Horihau, Program Manager, Catalpa, Kara Chesal, Head of Education, Catalpa and Peter Suiramo, Head of Information Services Division, Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development With over 900 islands scattered across the Pacific, the geography of the Solomon Islands provides the nation with both stunning scenery and a myriad of logistical challenges. Many […]
Bridging 300 islands to deliver digital education in Fiji - World Education Blog
By Dr Sofia Ali, Assistant Professor, School of Education, Fiji National University, Fiji Vinaka vakalevu! Fiji, an archipelago nestled in the vast expanse of the South Pacific Ocean, is embarking on a transformative journey into the realm of digital education. Situated in Melanesia, Oceania, northeast of New Zealand and southwest of Hawaii, this island […]
Technology and education in the Pacific: Navigating challenges and opportunities - World Education Blog
The Pacific region, spanning 17 culturally diverse and geographically dispersed nations, offers a unique context for integrating technology into education. From the mountainous terrains of Papua New Guinea to the coral atolls of Kiribati, education systems across the region are harnessing technology to improve access, equity, and quality. However, as the 2024 GEM Regional Report for the Pacific highlights, these efforts must address significant challenges, including infrastructure limitations, cultural diversity, and sustainability.
Leadership in education is key to digital transformation in East Asia - World Education Blog
Today marks the launch of the East Asia regional edition of the 2024/5 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report series on leadership in education, Lead for technology. It builds on the foundations of the 2023 GEM Report on technology, delving into the crucial intersection of these two themes in a region that is a global hotspot for digitalization in education.
Digital content can be developed and adapted to suit indigenous peoples’ needs - World Education Blog
Education technology is often seen as a solution for increased access to education and improved learning outcomes as explored in the 2023 GEM Report. Technology makes it easier to create and share educational resources. But when the content is not available in learners’ languages and not adapted to context, linguistic and cultural barriers emerge that widen inequalities.
The African Union moves to harmonize learning assessments in a new continental framework - World Education Blog
The African Union (AU), in partnership with the Association for Educational Assessment in Africa (AEAA), together with the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report, UNESCO Institute of Statistics (UIS) and the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), is preparing to validate a continent-wide framework aimed at transforming how children’s learning outcomes are measured and addressed across member states.
Unlocking Potential: Chess in Slums Africa champions foundational learning with #BorntoLearn - World Education Blog
My name is Tunde Onakoya. I am a professional chess player and a national master of chess. I’m also the convener of Chess in Slums Africa, a non-profit organization that uses the game of chess as a framework to give children skills who do not have access to education.
“The problem is not one of support, but of time”. Why principals need time to lead, not just manage - World Education Blog
I need personnel: secretary, clerical, assistant director, librarian, social worker, and psychologist,” one school leader in Peru said. “I do not have a secretary or officer for the attention needed for the 1,000 students that I have approximately. The Department virtually requests so many reports, reports on the same subject by different means. We also […]
Beyond internal promotions: The case for professionalizing school principal recruitment - World Education Blog
Schools thrive under the guidance of qualified, experienced school leaders. Fair and inclusive selection and recruitment are essential to find them. Yet less than two thirds of countries run competitive selection processes for principals.
Who leads matters: Why female leadership in education must become the norm - World Education Blog
Do you remember a female headmaster or university president when you were a student? If yes, you are among the few lucky ones! These are not marginal statistics — they are structural signals. Leadership in education, today, does not reflect the diversity of the systems it is meant to serve. This glass ceiling bars girls and women from leadership positions in education and must go!
Learning-by-doing is not enough: why principals need better training - World Education Blog
Imagine becoming a principal of a school with no prior training. This is more common than you might think. The 2024/5 GEM Report shows that nearly half of principals in high income countries receive no pre-service training, and only 31% of countries require induction for newcomers.
Uzbekistan shows the world how distance education can work in a crisis - World Education Blog
When schools around the world shut their doors during the COVID-19 pandemic, many feared a lost generation of learners. Research from dozens of countries confirms these fears – student learning stagnated or regressed, especially in low- and middle-income countries where digital access is limited.
A call for urgent action to fund education - World Education Blog
As the former European Commissioner for International Partnerships, I have witnessed firsthand both the transformative power of education and the devastating consequences when it is denied. From the child in rural Papua New Guinea who walks hours to reach a school with no books, to the refugee girl in Jordan whose education was interrupted by conflict, and the young person in Uganda whose family cannot afford school fees, they all deserve better.
We need more coherent and transparent data to inform funding in education in emergencies and protracted crises - World Education Blog
There is a growing recognition of the central role of education in responding to increasing needs across humanitarian and development contexts. However, information on the way education in crises is financed remains scattered and incomplete.
Financing challenges bring new opportunities - World Education Blog
While everyone emphasises the importance of education for both individual progress and national prosperity, investment in education remains woefully insufficient.Low- and lower-middle-income countries, which are furthest away from achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4, face an annual funding gap of US$97 billion. For these countries, external assistance accounts for 17% of their public education spending, rising to as high as half in some cases.Aid is vital in supporting educational progress worldwide, especially in the poorest and most vulnerable countries.
Global aid to education projected to fall even further - World Education Blog
In a perfect world, world leaders attending the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD), which is starting next week in Seville, would be committing resources in a room filled with 272 million children, adolescents and youth to get them back to school.
Bridging the data gap in higher education policymaking: Challenges and opportunities for evidence-based governance - World Education Blog
Evidence-based policymaking in higher education requires systematic access to reliable data and analytics. Whether expanding access and equity, improving educational outcomes, or adapting to evolving labour market demands and societal challenges, decision-makers require a comprehensive understanding of how systems are structured and how they perform.
Why everyone’s talking about education and debt - World Education Blog
Calls for debt relief for poor countries, for example from UNDP and Oxfam, have been pointing at an obvious question. How can we ask countries to invest in education when they are fighting for fiscal survival? After all, during the previous debt crisis in the 1980s and 1990s, education and other social sectors were dramatically […]
On the Day of the African Child, recall African countries’ commitment to reduce their out-of-school population by 58 million by 2030 - World Education Blog
Marking the Day of the African Child, a strategic event was organized today by the AU Commission’s Directorate of Education, Science, Innovation and Technology and UNESCO.