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Fund the Future - Education rights now

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Ten years ago donors came together in Amsterdam to launch the Education For All Fast Track Initiative (FTI) with the aim of harmonising their efforts in support of developing country governments with credible plans to deliver education for all.

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D C on May 15, 2012

Beyond Universal Access to Elementary Education in India: Is it Achievable at Affordable Costs?

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Investment in secondary schooling in India has been neglected for many years. Since the 1990s most emphasis has been on universalising access to elementary schooling, a task that remains far from complete. Under the 11th National Plan Rastriya Madhyamic Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) has been launched to increase access to grade nine and above. This research monograph explores some of the key issues in managing the growth of secondary schooling. These include the constraints on expansion that arise more...

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Moushumi Biswas on May 16, 2012

Transforming technical and vocational education and training: building skills for work and life

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The UNESCO study examines evidence from a range of countries in all world regions to identify trends in TVET development and policy options. It locates developments in the context of wider social, economic, political and educational changes so as to provide a well-founded assessment of where TVET is at present, and how policy initiatives might better prepare individuals and their societies for the future. The work’s main added value is in the promotion of more integrated and more...

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Moushumi Biswas on May 15, 2012

Open Educational Resources: Analysis of Responses to the OECD Country Questionnaire

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OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) has worked on Open Educational Resources (OER) in the past, which led to the publication Giving Knowledge for Free – the Emergence of Open Educational Resources (2007). This working paper thus builds on exploratory and forward-looking research in CERI and invites countries to consider the policy implications of the expansion of OER, its benefits and associated challenges. A small OER expert group was established to discuss the more...

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Moushumi Biswas on May 13, 2012

Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2011

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Establishing good indicators of the current state of school crime and safety across the nation and regularly updating and monitoring these indicators is important in ensuring the safety of our nation’s students. This is the aim of Indicators of School Crime and Safety. This report covers topics such as victimization, teacher injury, bullying, school conditions, fights, weapons, availability and student use of drugs and alcohol, and student perceptions of personal safety at school. Indicators of more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 13, 2012

Education reform in Mozambique : Lessons and Challenges

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The report opens with a brief description of the conceptual framework that guided the analysis as well as the data used. The next chapter presents the analysis of changes in household behavior and educational outcomes related to the implementation of the reforms, at both the primary and secondary levels. The descriptive nature of this analysis does not allow for inferences regarding the effects of the reforms on enrollment and demand for education. The following chapter presents the results of more...

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D C on May 08, 2012

WFP Cambodia School Feeding 2000-2010: A Mixed Method Impact Evaluation

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School feeding does reduce drop-out, especially for grades two through four where effects were significant – between 1.8% and 2.7%. Girls drop-out follows similar trends, but are only significant in grades four and five, in both cases more marked than the general tendency. This is an essential indicator, and the result reveals that school feeding positively influences pupils‟ and parents‟ willingness (and capacity) to stay in school. The survey data shows significant anthropometric effects on more...

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D C on May 08, 2012

Tackling violence in schools: Final report of the meeting

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The High-Level Expert Meeting “Tackling Violence in Schools” pursued the following objectives:1. Sharing of recent global and European data and research in combating violence against children in school.2. Consolidating the various national and international methodologies, strategies, initiatives and good practices, including human rights education and education for democratic citizenship, to make schools free from violence.3. Identifying instruments, methods and recommendations for the more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 13, 2012

Shadow Education: Private Supplementary Tutoring and Its Implications for Policy Makers in Asia

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In all parts of Asia, households devote considerable expenditures to private supplementary tutoring. This tutoring may contribute to students’ achievement, but it also maintains and exacerbates social inequalities, diverts resources from other uses, and can contribute to inefficiencies in education systems. Such tutoring is widely called shadow education, because it mimics school systems. As the curriculum in the school system changes, so does the shadow. This study documents the scale and more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 08, 2012

Knowledge Brokers, ICTs and Climate Change: Hybrid Approaches to Reach the Vulnerable

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One of the most pressing challenges posed by climate change is that of ‘reaching out’ to those that are most vulnerable to its effects. There are many misconceptions about what ‘reaching out’ implies, as in practice it requires much more than making climate change information and knowledge publicly available through Internet-based tools such as Web portals and online databases.The increasing availability of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) (such as mobile phones, community more...

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D C on April 29, 2012

The Case For Investment 2011-2014

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Investing in education is the single most effective means of reducing poverty. Overall, the global education story has been positive in the past decade, with the number of primary school-aged children not attending school decreasing from over 100 million to 67 million. The Global Partnership for Education is the only global partnership devoted to getting all children everywhere into school for a quality education. An investment in the GPE Fund of US$2.5 billion from 2011 to 2014 will allow more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 08, 2012

Call for proposals: Open Knowledge Festival 2012

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The 2012 theme of OKFestival is Open Knowledge in Action. It will focus on the value that can be generated by opening up knowledge, the ecosystems of organisations that benefit from and participate in sharing, and the impact that open knowledge can have in our societies. What kinds of new professions, ideas and community initiatives can emerge within our governments, markets, networks and neighbourhoods as a result of these engagements?OKFestival will take place between 17-22 September 2012 in more...

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D C on April 23, 2012

School Funding Formulas : Review of Main Characteristics and Impacts

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This study provides a literature review on school funding formulas across OECD countries. It looks at three salient questions from a comparative perspective: i) What kind of school formula funding schemes exist and how are they used, particularly for promoting the needs of socially disadvantaged pupils?; ii) How do school formula funding regimes perform according to equity and efficiency standards?; iii) What are the unresolved issues? Formula funding of schools, as opposed to administrative more...

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Moushumi Biswas on May 07, 2012

Perceived Impact of Primary Education on The Attainment Of Nigeria Vision 2020

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This study sought the perceived impact of primary education on the attainment of Nigeria Vision 20:2020. Survey design was adopted for the study. Six hundred primary school teachers were randomly sampled from Oyo Local Government Areas of Oyo State. A self-designed 20 items questionnaire validated and trial-tested with reliability of 0.83 was used to collect the data. Three hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using t-test statistical tool. The findings revealed that the primary more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 08, 2012

Shut down or restart?The way forward for computing in UK schools

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This report analyzes the current state of Computing education in schools and sets out a way forward for improving on the current situation. It is argued in this report that it is essential for all school pupils to gain some familiarity with aspects of Computing and for there to be opportunities for pupils to develop their aptitudes in the subject, for their individual benefit and for the future prosperity of the nation.

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Sonia Hossain on May 08, 2012

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