Post2015.org – what comes after the MDGs?
education
In 2013, let’s keep our education promises – and get ready to make some more
Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report, reviews progress in achieving MDG education targets, and makes the case to retain education in the post 2015 framework, with a greater focus on issues of equity, accessibility and quality of learning, as well as financing for education. “With less than three years … Continue reading
Education to Fight its Corner for 2015 and Beyond
New blog by Steve Packer, Deputy Chair of UKFIET. “Two thousand and fifteen approaches. Across multilateral and bilateral agencies, in foundations and research institutions, work is underway to develop new post-2015 frameworks and targets Will the MDGs be re-shaped and reworked to complete unfinished business? Will poverty reduction continue to provide the focus for global … Continue reading
Heads in the sand: why it’s time the global education community woke up to reality
New blog by Nicholas Burnett Managing Director for Education at the Results for Development Institute (R4D). “Education is on the verge of a revolution, in which learning rather than teaching becomes the norm, teachers become aides to learning and no longer imparters of facts, and the classroom-based model could well become obsolete. A whole series … Continue reading
Mind the gaps: what’s missing in global education?
In this opinion piece, Jakob Engel discusses the latest UNESCO Education for All Global Monitoring Report (GMR). ”Education for All’ has been an important rallying cry for a generation of policy-makers and advocates, but, as we move towards a post-2015 framework, we increasingly need to ask ourselves ‘Education for What’?’ Read ‘Mind the gaps: what’s … Continue reading
Education and Skills Post-2015: What Education; What Development?
“There has been a two-part blog [part 1 / part 2] already linked to the 12th September Norrag workshop on education and skills post-2015, but I will try to reflect on some of the key questions that I was left with at the end of the event: What theory of development should any development goals … Continue reading
Health & Education Post-2015
Last week took me to Washington, and to an interesting session on health and education in the post-2015 agenda, hosted by Results for Development. We’ll be publishing longer reports on both areas shortly, but in the meantime – some thoughts from the discussion. Firstly, how much the post-2015 conversation – or at least the ones … Continue reading
The Post-2015 Bus: Is there Room for Education?
“On June 1st, a NORRAG-UNDP workshop, hosted by IHEID in Geneva, and attended by a range of international organisations (see below), took place to discuss the place of education in the post-2015 agenda.” New post by Michael Carton, NORRAG Coordinator: ‘The Post-2015 Bus: Is there Room for Education?’
