: The International Day of Education 2022

International Day of Education 2022: this year’s theme is ‘Changing Course, Transforming Education‘. The word transformation is the key idea for this ‘celebration’ of education in all its forms. Making slight changes to the process of education for all will not be enough to prepare children and young people for lifelong learning, which will be

JEiE Special Issue on PSS and SEL in Emergencies

In some ways most children may be affected by an emergency whether it is within their family, community or nation. Luckily, there is a new emphasis on Social and Emotional Learning for all children and young people so that all teachers can gain new knowledge, skills and attitudes which they can apply in all contexts.

Play based early learning

In many countries where there is some government led education intervention for children aged 3-5, there are not enough ECE trained teachers. What this means is that primary trained teachers, some recently retired or coming up for retirement, are used to run classes for young children. These teachers may be experienced, but not trained for

International decade of indigenous languages

On December 18, 2019, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed an International Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022-2032) as a follow up to the International Year of Indigenous Languages (2019). My experience working in places such as Chad, Timor Leste, Viet Nam, and the Republic of Tanzania has provided the evidence for understanding that home language/mother