Resources
Explore a wide range of valuable resources on GCED to deepen your understanding and enhance your research, advocacy, teaching, and learning.
3,224 Results found
[Summary] Gender and EFA 2000-2015: Achievements and Challenges; EFA Global Monitoring Report 2015; Gender Summary Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: Global Education Monitoring Report Team This report describes an array of country efforts, some quite effective, to achieve and go beyond gender parity in education. Many of these policies and programmes focus on the immediate school environment in which girls learn. Others focus on the informal and formal laws, social norms and practices that deny girls their right of access to, and completion of, a full cycle of quality basic education. The analyses and key messages in Gender and EFA 2000–2015: Achievements and Challenges deserve careful scrutiny as the world embarks on a universal, integrated and even more ambitious sustainable development agenda in the years to come. 
International Higher Education: Shifting Mobilities, Policy Challenges, and New Initiatives Year of publication: 2018 Author: Rajika Bhandari | Chelsea Robles | Christine Farrugia Corporate author: Global Education Monitoring Report Team | Institute of International Education (USA). Center for Academic Mobility Research and Impact Cross-border mobility in higher education, while still referring to a minority of people, is a large phenomenon that is increasingly taking new forms, extending from students and faculty member mobility to the movement of educational programs and institutions, including the spread of online courses facilitated by improvements in technology. It is also a phenomenon with major implications in facilitating the flow and exchange of ideas and knowledge, improving practices, generating resources for receiving countries, and attracting talent. For that reason, the internationalization of higher education puts pressure on countries to develop a strategy that would maximize the education, political and economic benefits while minimizing the costs.Based on an in-depth review of research and existing data, this paper examines key issues in the internationalization of higher education, assesses broad consequences, and discusses a selection of the latest trends. The paper also provides an overview of the key policy challenges and options facing governments in low, middle and high income countries as they seek to internationalize their higher education sectors while also sending their top talent overseas to acquire a global education. 
Beyond commitments 2019: how countries implement SDG 4 Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: Global Education Monitoring Report Team Almost one-third of the time set to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has elapsed. The 2019 High-level Political Forum (HLPF), the global SDG follow-up and review mechanism, represents a major stock-taking moment for countries, especially as regards SDG 4, the education goal, which is being reviewed for the first time. The international community relies primarily on quantitative measures to assess progress towards the SDGs. Acompanion publication by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics and the Global Education Monitoring Report for the 2019 HLPF, titled ‘Meeting commitments: Are countries on track to achieve SDG 4?’, shows that there are major challenges ahead. But increasingly, member states demand more than quantitative information. They ask for guidance on how to respond when their education systems do not reach their targets. To respond to this demand, this publication has the following purposes: Understand countries’ perceptions of SDG 4 based on responses to a questionnaire prepared for this publication, which asked countries to report on their flagship SDG 4 policies Distil those perceptions into a framework of the types of national policies that are best aligned with SDG 4 and whose implementation should be monitored Communicate the framework succinctly and provide a complementary input for the review of SDG 4 at the 2019 HLPF Provide an opportunity for countries to engage in dialogue on how they approach SDG 4. An analysis of the questionnaires submitted by 72 governments shows that most countries refer to SDG 4 as a framework in which they place their education planning. A core recommendation is that countries should align their education plans and policies with their international commitments. 
Meeting commitments: are countries on track to achieve SDG 4? Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: Global Education Monitoring Report Team | UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) The world is a third of the way towards the deadline of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which includes the fourth Sustainable Development Goal on education, SDG 4. But it is behind on its commitments. This joint publication by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics and the Global Education Monitoring Report for the 2019 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development captures concisely how far the world is from achieving its education targets. This is the year that the generation of students that should finish secondary school by 2030 should be entering school for the first time. Yet, in low-income countries, only 60% of children complete primary school, while in some regions the percentage of students who achieve minimum proficiency in reading is even falling. There is no denying that the world is off track. It is time to put an end to complacency. The international community relies on data to report on the SDG 4 monitoring framework to assess progress. While clear improvements have been made in data collection, data gaps remain a major concern. This publication makes a call for countries and their international development partners to coordinate and finance the collection of data to monitor and deliver on SDG 4. Respecter les engagements: les pays sont-ils en bonne voie d'atteindre l'ODD 4? Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: Global Education Monitoring Report Team | UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Le monde a parcouru un tiers du chemin vers l’échéance de l’Agenda de développement durable 2030, qui inclut le quatrième Objectif de développement durable (ODD 4), mais il est en retard sur la réalisation de ses engagements. Cette publication conjointe de l’Institut de statistique de l’UNESCO et du Rapport mondial de suivi sur l’éducation pour le Forum politique de haut niveau sur le développement durable 2019 expose de manière concise le retard dans la réalisation des cibles de l’éducation. Cette année est celle où la génération d’élèves qui terminera l’enseignement secondaire d’ici 2030 doit commencer l’école pour la toute première fois. Pourtant, dans les pays à revenu faible, seuls 60 % des enfants achèvent l’enseignement primaire, tandis que dans certaines régions, le pourcentage d’élèves qui possèdent les compétences minimales en lecture est même en baisse. On ne peut nier le fait que le monde est en retard. Il est temps de cesser ce laxisme. La communauté internationale dépend des données pour établir les rapports sur le cadre de suivi de l’ODD 4 afin d’évaluer les progrès accomplis. Des améliorations ont clairement été accomplies en matière de collecte de données mais les déficits de données demeurent une préoccupation majeure. Cette publication exhorte les pays et leurs partenaires internationaux du développement à coordonner et à financer la collecte de données pour suivre et réaliser l’ODD 4. Cumplir los compromisos: ¿van los países por el buen camino para alcanzar el ODS 4? Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: Global Education Monitoring Report Team | UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) El mundo ya ha recorrido un tercio del camino hacia la fecha límite para el cumplimiento de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible, que incluye el Objetivo de Desarrollo Sostenible 4, relativo a la educación, pero aún está muy atrasado en el cumplimiento de sus compromisos. Esta publicación conjunta del Instituto de Estadística de la UNESCO y el Informe de Seguimiento de la Educación en el Mundo para el Foro Político de Alto Nivel sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible de 2019 refleja de manera concisa lo lejos que está el mundo de alcanzar sus objetivos en materia de educación. Este es el año en que la generación de estudiantes que debería finalizar la educación secundaria en 2030 tendría que ingresar a la escuela. Sinembargo, en los países de ingresos bajos, solo el 60% de los niños terminan la educación primaria, mientras que en algunas regiones el porcentaje de estudiantes que alcanzan un nivel mínimo de competencia en lectura está incluso en disminución. No se puede negar que el mundo no está bien encaminado. Ya es hora de que cese la apatía. La comunidad internacional se apoya en los datos para informar al marco de seguimiento del ODS 4 con el fin de evaluar los progresos realizados. Si bien se han realizado claras mejoras en la producción de datos, los faltantes de información siguen siendo motivo de gran preocupación. En esta publicación se hace un llamado a los países y a sus asociados internacionales para que coordinen y financien la producción de datos para el seguimiento y a la consecución del ODS 4. 
Let's work together: education has a key role in helping achieve the Sustainable Development Goals Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: Global Education Monitoring Report Team This publication has been produced on the occasion of the 2019 High-level Political Forum by the Global Eduation Monitoring Report. It draws upon findings from reports produced since 2015, showing the importance of education for the other goals in the 2030 agenda for sustainable development and calling for sectors to work together to achieve their aims. 
Exploring ICCS 2016 to measure progress toward target 4.7 Year of publication: 2018 Author: Sandoval-Hernández.Andrés, Miranda.Daniel Corporate author: Global Education Monitoring Report Team The objective of this report is to analyse data from the last cycle of the International Civic and Citizenship Study (ICCS 2016) (Schulz et al., 2017)in order to demonstrate its potential for monitoring specific aspects of the SDG target 4.7. Furthermore, given the theme of the 2019 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report, this document will pay special attention to those questions addressed to students, teachers and school principals that are directly related to immigration. 
Early Childhood Development and Early Learning for Children in Crisis and Conflict Year of publication: 2018 Author: Kolleen Bouchane Corporate author: Global Education Monitoring Report Team There is an urgent need for a comprehensive response, including early learning and family support programs, to the rapidly growing population of young children worldwide living in crisis and conflict. Substantial evidence from neuroscience to economics indicates that the early years of a child’s life lay the foundation for long-term health, learning and behavior. The first months and years are not only a critical period in an individual child’s lifelong capacity for learning, but weak learning foundations of children can compromise the long-term development of nations. Yet a review of Refugee and Humanitarian Response Plans conducted for this paper revealed that only 9 percent of plans included the essential elements of early learning. Relative to health and nutrition programming, early education and parenting interventions were more likely to be omitted from the Response Plans.The rationale for focusing new attention on the educational needs of young children living in fragile conditions is strong: there is a broad body of scientific evidence; the international legal framework of the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child asserts that all children have the right to health, education, legal registration, and protection from violence and separation from parents, beginning at birth; and the Sustainable Development Goals for all will be not reached without a focus on the earliest years of life in crisis and conflict situations. This background paper presents the case for increased attention and investment in early childhood in conflict and crisis contexts, with focused attention on early learning and family support. The scale of the problem, current science and evidence, current global standards and principles, and case studies are all discussed and priority recommendations are offered. 
Setting Commitments: National SDG 4 Benchmarks to Transform Education Year of publication: 2022 Corporate author: Global Education Monitoring Report Team | UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) This publication provides an overview of the transformative agenda being established by countries, as they set SDG 4 benchmarks for education progress to take ownership of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Inspired by the UN Secretary-General’s 2014 call for countries to embrace ‘a culture of shared responsibility’ based on ‘benchmarking for progress’, paragraph 28 of the Education 2030 Framework for Action also called on countries to establish ‘appropriate intermediate benchmarks for addressing the accountability deficit associated with longer-term targets’. This report outlines the steps taken by countries to set these commitments for 2025 and 2030 against seven indicators and is timed to feed into the second review of SDG 4 at the High-level Political Forum.The SDG 4 benchmark values now defined for almost nine in ten countries lay out their nationally determined contributions to the common education goal, using a concept embraced by the climate change sector. Twelve countries’ experiences of approaching the challenge of setting benchmarks based on their education sector plans are included, serving as inspiration for other countries to reflect on their own contributions and the task of developing appropriate policy responses in line with their own ambitions for the next decade, especially in the context of recovery from COVID-19.This publication proposes a way forward for monitoring progress towards the national SDG 4 benchmarks. This way of monitoring will be context-specific, recognizing countries’ starting points, helping link their national with regional and global education agendas.The benchmarks could be a basis for a compact in which countries commit to increasing their ambition, and, in return, the international community offers a program of support. In other words, a system of political accountability associated to political commitments with a support mechanism to accomplish the task.