14 Apr 2016
Reflections from Geneva – Vocational Education in the Context of Violence Extremism By Tara Noronha
By Tara Noronha, Mercy Corps. A few weeks ago, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) – supported by NORRAG –... Read More
11 Apr 2016
Countering Violent Extremism – can Education and Vocational Training Play a Role? By Martine Zeuthen
By Martine Zeuthen, The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). European specialists in Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) and education programming gathered in Geneva... Read More
07 Apr 2016
Preventing Violent Extremism: What Role for Education and Training?
By Laetitia Houlmann, Consultant SDC Education Network and Aude Mellet, NORRAG Sadly, a more than topical issue Even if it’s not a... Read More
05 Apr 2016
Thinking about the Education Think Tank Phenomenon By Velibor Jakovleski
By Velibor Jakovleski, NORRAG and the Graduate Institute, Geneva. Gone are the days when the main sites of knowledge production were universities... Read More
22 Mar 2016
China’s New Pledges with Africa: 2016-2018 Multi-dimensional Support to Human Resource Development? By Kenneth King
By Kenneth King, Editor NORRAG News. President Xi Jinping’s opening speech to the FOCAC Summit of December 2015 in Johannesburg had ‘five major pillars’, ‘three bottleneck... Read More
21 Mar 2016
Education in Star Wars: Any Lessons for Our Planet? By Rémy Jaillat
By Rémy Jaillat (age 14) Editor’s Note: This light-hearted blog is to mark the occasion of the UN ‘International Day of Happiness’ (20th... Read More
11 Mar 2016
Through Aditi’s Eyes: The Importance of Early Grade Assessment in Tracking Children’s Learning By Hannah-May Wilson
By Hannah-May Wilson, PAL Network Secretariat. Meet Aditi. Aditi is 11 years old. Aditi lives with her mother and younger sister Didi,... Read More
02 Mar 2016
Vocational Training – Crucial, But Not Everything By Karina Veal
By Karina Veal, Asian Development Bank. “You can’t fix in three months what the education system hasn’t fixed in 12 years,” says... Read More
26 Feb 2016
Workplace-Based Learning in South Africa: Towards System-Wide Implementation By Ronel Blom
By Ronel Blom, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Workplace-based Learning (WBL) has been practiced in various forms in South Africa for years.... Read More
23 Feb 2016
Expanding the Conception of Vocational Education and Training: Why the Reorganisation of South Africa’s Post-Schooling System offers New Opportunities By Volker Wedekind
By Volker Wedekind, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg In the context of the creation of a distinct Ministry of Higher Education and... Read More