Remote Learning and Assessment

During the pandemic many children and young people were penalised because they lived in areas where there was poor/no internet connection, or they were not able to afford a device for learning at home. Many efforts are now being made to correct some of the key issues for remote learning – so that we are

Investment in Pre-Primary Education?Is it too low?

From field experience I must say the answer is a definite yes -but this is what the World Bank researchers have discovered: ✓Is Investment in Preprimary Education Too Low? Lessons from (Quasi) Experimental Evidence across CountriesAlaka Holla, Magdalena Bendini, Lelys Dinarte, and Iva Trako, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 9723, June 2021This study uses a

COP26 – another update

Another perspective -this time from the World Bank:  As the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) takes place in Glasgow, UK, the clock is ticking for high-impact climate action to deliver on the promises of the Paris Agreement. World leaders and national delegations, representatives from businesses, civil society and youth are gathering to tackle

A crisis -teaching or learning?

From the World Bank blog: Despite tremendous progress in getting children into the classroom, we are experiencing a global learning crisis, where a large share of children complete primary school lacking even basic reading, writing, and arithmetic skills. What explains this phenomenon? To answer this question, consider the following examples of classrooms that are unlikely to put students on