03 Dec 2015
The Role of Education in Preventing Urban Violence and Countering Violent Extremisms By Mario Novelli & Joost Monks
By Mario Novelli, University of Sussex and NORRAG & Joost Monks, NORRAG. In the wake of the bombings in Ankara, the blowing... Read More
26 Nov 2015
Vocational Education and Training, Human Rights, Human Development and Equality in the Occupied Palestinian Territory By Randa Hilal
By Randa Hilal, OPTIMUM for Consultancy and Training, Ramallah, Palestine. How can Vocational Education and Training (VET) reduce the inequalities related to... Read More
19 Nov 2015
Learning Assessments as Public Goods? By Michel Carton and Velibor Jakovleski
By Michel Carton and Velibor Jakovleski, NORRAG The intentions behind the “data revolution” in terms of policy-making are relatively straightforward. Data are... Read More
13 Nov 2015
The Need for an SDG Demonstration in Education: Why Wait Till 2030? By Steven J. Klees
By Steven J. Klees, University of Maryland. The recently approved United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for education, like all the SDGs,... Read More
05 Nov 2015
Without a Proper Financing Plan, Let’s Kiss the Education SDG Good Bye By Charles Aheto-Tsegah
By Charles Aheto-Tsegah, National Council for /Curriculum and Assessment, Ghana. Special gratitude to Burnett and Upadhyay for drawing attention to the essential... Read More
02 Nov 2015
What is New for TVET and TVSD in the SDGs’ Agenda? By Michel Carton and Sylvia Garcia Delahaye
By Michel Carton and Sylvia Garcia Delahaye, NORRAG. The Sustainable Development Goals pay some level of attention to training and skills development,... Read More
27 Oct 2015
Whose Learning Should be Prioritized? By Sehar Saeed
By Sehar Saeed, Annual Status of Education Report, Pakistan. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of all-encompassing goals promising... Read More
23 Oct 2015
What does it mean in Curriculum Terms for Education to Prepare People for Work? By Stephanie Allais and Yael Shalem
By Stephanie Allais and Yael Shalem, Centre for Researching Education and Labour, University of the Witwatersrand. It is widely believed that at... Read More
20 Oct 2015
Technical Vocational and Skills Development and the Sustainable Development Goals: Implications for Developing Countries and for Research By Peliwe Lolwana
By Peliwe Lolwana, University of Witwatersrand. In this piece I would like to raise two issues about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)... Read More
08 Oct 2015
A Roadmap to Better Data on Education Financing By Silvia Montoya
By Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), and Elise Legault, Programme Specialist at UIS. Leaders have pledged to provide... Read More