12 Jun 2017
The Pressure is On! Powering Ahead with the Technical Cooperation Group for SDG 4 – Education 2030 Indicators by Silvia Montoya and Jordan Naidoo
By Silvia Montoya and Jordan Naidoo, Co-Chairs of the Technical Cooperation Group for SDG 4. The pressure is on! This is the... Read More
08 Jun 2017
Creating Productive Jobs for Africa's Youth: A Huge Challenge with Global Implications by Birger Fredriksen
By Birger Fredriksen, Results for Development. In an article in the Financial Times (“Africa’s youth, frustrated and jobless, demand attention”, April 13),... Read More
05 Jun 2017
Skin in the Game: Employer’s Ownership in Skills Training for an Emerging Workforce by Santosh Mehrotra
By Santosh Mehrotra, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. The mismatch between the demand and supply of technical and vocational skills is a... Read More
30 May 2017
We Need a Wide Range of Providers to Quickly Overcome the Huge Shortage of Schools Across Africa by Marcus WLEH
By Marcus WLEH, Head of Liberia, Bridge International Academies. Most Sub-Saharan African countries are struggling to improve their education systems. The UN... Read More
23 May 2017
Russia and Education Assistance: Searching for its Role as a Returning Donor by Tuomas Takala and Nelli Piattoeva
By Tuomas Takala and Nelli Piattoeva, University of Tampere, Finland. The topic of Russia’s development assistance in general, and specifically in the... Read More
18 May 2017
As Liberia Privatizes its Schools, An Unforeseen Result: Hungry Students by Ashoka Mukpo
By Ashoka Mukpo, Freelance Journalist (*) In a longer school day, students complain of hunger and drop out “As you can see,... Read More
04 May 2017
The Education SDG and Leaving No One Behind: Training Teachers Matters by Monica Mincu
By Monica Mincu, University of Turin, Italy. A key role to promoting educational quality is played by teachers and thus it is... Read More
04 May 2017
The Cost of Ignorance Revisited: A Reply by Silvia Montoya
By Silvia Montoya, UNESCO Institute for Statistics A blog in reply to ‘The Cost of Ignorance Revisited: Imitating the OECD or Learning... Read More
12 Apr 2017
The Cost of Ignorance Revisited: Imitating the OECD or Learning to Be Critical? By Hikaru Komatsu and Jeremy Rappleye
By Hikaru Komatsu and Jeremy Rappleye, Kyoto University, Japan. In February 2016, Director of UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Silvia Montoya wrote... Read More
10 Apr 2017
Lost in Translation? Is the Road to an SDG Heaven – or to the Other Place - Paved with Inadequate Global Indicators? By Kenneth King
By Kenneth King, NORRAG and the University of Edinburgh. After the highly inclusive process of developing the education Sustainable Development Goal (SDG4),... Read More