“Education for All 2000-2015: Achievements and Challenges”

Following my last post mentioning that about 4 and half days of global military spending could pay for a quality education for all post 2015 -we can look at the details of the challenges that lie ahead: 2015 EFA Global Monitoring Report (GMR) “Education for All 2000-2015: Achievements and Challenges” UNESCO Just one third of

Education For All (EFA) – 1000 days to MDG deadline and the Global Monitoring Report

The UN is reminding us that it is only 1000 days until the deadline for achieving the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs). Although human development does not progress by deadlines or is dictated by a centrally constructed calendar, it is worth taking stock on how ‘global priorities’ are being discussed and acted upon. Education Counts Towards

Education breakthroughs? 2015 and beyond….

Having just returned from Zimbabwe where the Government is attempting to put forward fundamental education reforms (new curricula, new teacher education strategy etc. It is worth considering the flurry of excitement about post 2015 initiatives. It seems that some of the failures (or lack of achievement) in terms of EFA and MDGs may be spurring

Education for All – Making the right to education part of every child’s reality. New publication

PUBLICATION: Education for All – Making the right to education part of every child’s reality (Save the Children)   With four years to go until the 2015 deadline to achieve universal primary education, there is a lot to celebrate. Out-of-school numbers have been dropping and progress has been made towards the Education for All goals. This brief