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Pathways Towards Quality Primary Education: Improving Completion and Learning Outcomes Year of publication: 2021 Author: Moizza Binat Sarwar | Susan Nicolai | Diego Benitez Moreno | Olha Homonchuk | Jose Manuel Roche Corporate author: ODI Global This paper explores pathways towards quality primary education by identifying and analysing strategies used in 38 countries that have made faster progress in primary completion rates (PCR) – and, where discernible, learning outcomes – between 2000 and 2017. It further considers which social and economic groups within these countries are being left behind or excluded from the rise in completion rates, why that may be happening and what governments are doing to address those gaps. 
[Résumé] La crise climatique est une crise des droits de l’enfant: Présentation de l’indice des risques climatiques pour les enfants Year of publication: 2021 Author: Nicholas Rees | Margaretha Barkhof | Jan Burdziej | Sophie Lee | Harriet Riley Corporate author: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) La crise climatique est une crise des droits de l’enfant. Les canicules, les incendies et les inondations sans précédent qui viennent de frapper plusieurs pays sont annonciateurs d’une nouvelle normalité climatique particulièrement hostile. L’impact des changements climatiques est connu de tous. Les solutions le sont également. Il est inadmissible que les enfants et les jeunes d’aujourd’hui soient confrontés à un avenir aussi incertain. Partout dans le monde, à travers des manifestations, des interventions sur les réseaux sociaux et un engagement communautaire et citoyen, les enfants et les jeunes revendiquent haut et fort le changement. Les modi operandi classiques ont fait long feu. Le présent rapport s’appuie sur l’Indice des risques climatiques pour les enfants (IRCE) pour fournir un premier aperçu de l’exposition et de la vulnérabilité des enfants aux effets des changements climatiques. 
School-Related Gender-Based Violence Measurement Toolkit Year of publication: 2020 Author: Dexis Consulting Group Corporate author: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) This toolkit delivers practical guidance and resources for measuring the prevalence and extent of students’ experiences of school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV), and provides methods for assessing key risk factors and drivers of SRGBV. This toolkit contains a conceptual framework for measuring SRGBV, a school- based survey for measuring experiences of SRGBV, risk factors, and drivers, as well as practical guidance for implementing the survey. 
Canada, Climate Change and Education: Opportunities for Public and Formal Education Year of publication: 2019 Author: Ellen Field | Pamela Schwartzberg | Paul Berger Corporate author: Lakehead University | Learning for a Sustainable Future (LSF) The nationwide study of 3,196 Canadians entitled, Canada, Climate Change and Education: Opportunities for Public and Formal Education, establishes benchmarks of Canadians’ knowledge and understanding of climate change, their perspectives on the importance of climate change and its risks, and views on the role of schools and climate change education. It also provides the first comprehensive snapshot of climate change educational practice in Canada. The results are presented both nationally and from provincial/regional jurisdictions. 
Ending Violence in Schools : An Investment Case Year of publication: 2021 Author: Quentin Wodon | Chloë Fèvre | Chata Malé | Ada Nayihouba | Hoa Nguyen Corporate author: World Bank Preventing violence in and through school is a prerequisite for girls and boys getting the education they need and deserve, and acquiring the skills, knowledge and values that provide the foundations for strong and inclusive societies. This report demonstrates that violence in and around schools negatively impacts educational outcomes, and society pays a heavy price as a result (with an estimate of $11 trillion in lost lifetime earnings). Cost-benefit analyses suggest that implementing interventions to prevent violence in and through schools from early childhood to secondary education is a smart economic investment. Rigorously evaluated programs and policies aimed at preventing violence at different levels of the education system show that action is feasible. The benefits of investing in preventing violence in and through schools is likely to far outweigh the costs. 
Remote Learning During the Global School Lockdown: Multi-Country Lessons Year of publication: 2020 Author: Maria Barron Rodriguez | Cristobal Cobo | Alberto Muñoz-Najar | Iñaki Sánchez Ciarrusta Corporate author: World Bank This study includes three main sections that have been organized in a chronological order within this report: the first one, “What can we learn from education emergency responses in low- and middle-income countries?” analyzes the emergency education responses to the COVID-19 pandemic of over 120 governments from April until May, 2020. The second section, “Is remote learning perceived as effective? An in-depth analysis across five countries” discusses the main national education responses deployed by Brazil, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Peru, as well as the perceived effectiveness of these strategies conducted from May until August, 2020. The third section, “What works with remote and remedial strategies? an analysis across 13 countries” builds on key lessons learned during the analysis of the five multi-country experiences and presents global trends of remote learning implemented during school closures and the actions governments adopted to get ready for remedial learning, conducted from August until December 2020. The countries prioritized for the third section are IDA borrowing countries of which six are low-income countries: Afghanistan, Haiti, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, and Rwanda; and five are lower-middle-income countries: Cambodia, Cameroon, Kenya, Nepal, and Pakistan. Additionally, two high-income countries, Estonia and Uruguay, have been included in the report. The main trends across this report are discussed below and have been grouped in five themes: (1) Adopt delivery systems with an inclusive approach; (2) Adjust the curriculum to ensure effectiveness; (3) Secure sustained teacher training and in-service support; (4) Leverage institutional capacities while ensuring sustained monitoring and evaluation; and (5) Consolidate national strategies to remediate learning losses. 
The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021 Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: United Nations (UN) As the pandemic continues to unfold, The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021 outlines some significant impacts in many areas that are already apparent. The global extreme poverty rate rose for the first time in over 20 years, and 119 to 124 million people were pushed back into extreme poverty in 2020. There is a risk of a generational catastrophe regarding schooling, where an additional 101 million children have fallen below the minimum reading proficiency level, potentially wiping out two decades of education gains. Women have faced increased domestic violence, child marriage is projected to rise after a decline in recent years, and unpaid and underpaid care work is increasingly and disproportionately falling on the shoulders of women and girls, impacting educational and income opportunities and health. Notwithstanding the global economic slowdown, concentrations of major greenhouse gases continue to increase. With the global average temperature reaching about 1.2°C above pre-industrial levels, the climate crisis has well and truly arrived, and its impacts are being felt across the world. The pandemic has also brought immense financial challenges, especially for developing countries – with a significant rise in debt distress and dramatic decreases in foreign direct investment and trade. Yet, with a surge in global solidarity and leadership from the highest political level, countries can still deliver on the 2030 Agenda and the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change. A global vaccination plan, designed and implemented by the countries that can produce vaccines today or will be able to do so if properly supported, is an urgent first step in that direction. A recommitment by Governments, cities, businesses, and industries to ensure that the recovery reduces carbon emissions, conserves natural resources, creates better jobs, advances gender equality and tackles growing poverty and inequalities is a further imperative. Rapport sur les objectifs de développement durable 2021 Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: United Nations (UN) Le Rapport sur les objectifs de développement durable pement durable 2021 décrit certains effets importants qui se manifestent déjà dans de nombreux domaines. Le taux mondial d’extrême pauvreté a augmenté pour la première fois en plus de 20 ans, et entre 119 et 124 millions de personnes ont basculé dans l’extrême pauvreté en 2020. Un risque de catastrophe générationnelle se dessine en matière de scolarisation, alors que 101 millions d’enfants de plus sont passés sous le seuil minimum de compétence en lecture, ce qui pourrait réduire à néant deux décennies de progrès scolaires. Les femmes ont été confrontées à une hausse de la violence conjugale, le mariage d’enfants devrait augmenter après des années de baisse, et le travail domestique non rémunéré et sous-payé repose de plus en plus et de façon disproportionnée sur les femmes et les filles, avec des répercussions sur leurs possibilités d’édu- cation et de revenu et leur santé. Malgré le ralentissement économique mondial, la concentration des principaux gaz à effet de serre continue d’augmenter. La température moyenne mondiale s’établissant à environ 1,2 °C au-dessus des niveaux préindustriels, la crise climatique est bel et bien là et ses effets se font sentir partout dans le monde. La pandémie a également engendré d’immenses défis financiers, en particulier pour les pays en développement, avec une augmentation significative du surendettement et une baisse spectaculaire de l’investissement étranger direct et du commerce.Pourtant, avec un élan de solidarité mondiale et un leadership au plus haut niveau politique, les pays peuvent encore réaliser le Programme 2030 et l’Accord de Paris sur les changements climatiques adopté en 2015. Un plan mondial de vaccination, conçu et mis en œuvre par les pays qui peuvent aujourd’hui produire des vaccins ou qui le pourront dans le futur avec le soutien adéquat, est une première étape urgente pour y parvenir.Il est également impératif que les gouvernements, les villes, les entreprises et les industries s’engagent de nouveau à assurer une reprise qui prises et les industries s’engagent de nouveau à assurer une reprise qui réduise les émissions de carbone, préserve les ressources naturelles, crée de meilleurs emplois, fasse progresser l’égalité entre les sexes et fasse reculer la pauvreté et les inégalités croissantes. 
SDG 4 Data Digest 2020: Using Household Survey Data to Monitor SDG 4 Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) The 2020 edition of the SDG 4 Data Digest by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics focuses on household surveys as an important and underutilized tool to collect the data needed to track progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 4 and to ensure that no one is left behind. The Digest describes existing survey programmes and offers advice on the design and implementation of new surveys. The Digest identifies a number of advantages to using household surveys and describes the categories of indicators best suited for monitoring with survey data. Data from household surveys complement administrative data collected in schools and can be disaggregated to a greater extent than administrative data to facilitate the monitoring of exclusion in education. The definitions and calculation methods of selected indicators are laid out and the combination of household survey data with data from other sources is explained. This issue of the Digest is aimed at government officials, national planners, donors and others who make decisions about the implementation of nationally representative household surveys. It describes the requirements for conducting a household survey and the steps that must be followed from questionnaire design to data collection and analysis, and it gives advice on presentation of the findings. A section on COVID-19 summarizes the impact of the current pandemic on data collection. Additional resources, with suggested survey questions for the collection of education data through household surveys, are also included. Compendio de Datos sobre el ODS 4: Cómo utilizar datos de encuestas de hogares para monitorear el ODS 4 Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) La edición 2020 del Compendio de Datos sobre el ODS 4 del Instituto de Estadística de la UNESCO se centra en las encuestas de hogares como una importante e infrautilizada herramienta para la recolección de los datos necesarios para rastrear el progreso hacia el Objetivo de Desarrollo Sustentable 4 y para garantizar que nadie quede en el camino. El Compendio describe los programas de encuestas existentes y brinda consejos para el diseño y la implementación de nuevas encuestas. El Compendio identi ca una serie de ventajas en el uso de las encuestas de hogares y describe las categorías de indicadores más adecuados para el monitoreo con datos de encuestas. Los datos de encuestas de hogares complementan los datos administrativos recolectados en las escuelas y pueden ser desglosados a un grado mayor que los datos administrativos, facilitando el monitoreo de la exclusión en la educación. Se han expuesto las de niciones y métodos de cálculo de los indicadores seleccionados y se ha explicado cómo se combinan los datos de encuestas de hogares con los datos de otras fuentes. Esta edición del Compendio está dirigida a los funcionarios de gobierno, plani cadores nacionales, contribuyentes y quienes tomen decisiones sobre la implementación de las encuestas de hogares nacionalmente representativas. Describe los requisitos para la ejecución de una encuesta de hogares y los pasos que deben seguirse desde el diseño del cuestionario hasta la recolección y análisis de datos, además de dar consejos sobre cómo presentar los hallazgos. Una sección sobre el COVID-19 resume el impacto que tiene la actual pandemia sobre la recolección de datos. También se han incluido recursos adicionales, con preguntas de encuestas sugeridas para la recolección de datos educativos mediante las encuestas de hogares.