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A welcoming classroom – all abilities, one education

A welcoming classroom – all abilities, one education

Data and research

By Mark Waltham

Inclusiveness is a theme of 2018’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities. What kind of progress are we making to ensure that children with disabilities can realise their fundamental right to an education? Inclusion – the promise to leave no one behind – lies at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Nowhere… Read more →←
A girl stands in a classroom as her fellow classmates look on at her.
Focus on doing: The Delivery Approach to education

Focus on doing: The Delivery Approach to education

Data and research

By Robin Todd

  When it comes to implementing education sector policies, educators across Sub-Saharan Africa face a common set of challenges. These include: Lack of clarity as to the practical steps needed to turn national policy into tangible outcomes. Poor co-ordination at national level means policy priorities vary between councils, boards and… Read more →←
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Rich countries let too many children fall behind in education

Rich countries let too many children fall behind in education

Data and research

By Yekaterina Chzhen, Gwyther Rees, Anna Gromada

What level of inequality in children’s education should rich societies tolerate? There will always be inequality in children’s educational achievements, but our new study argues that we should look to the countries with the smallest gaps between the best- and worst-performing students, as some of these countries can show us how to… Read more →←
A young child in a classroom sitting at his desk clutching a pencil with an open textbook in front of him looks up and smiles widely.
Getting it right: Curriculum reform in Eastern & Southern Africa

Getting it right: Curriculum reform in Eastern & Southern Africa

Data and research

By Roger Cunningham

Despite attempts to reform basic education curriculum in sub-Saharan Africa, learning levels have remained stubbornly low. The general movement away from a traditional curriculum (broadly defined as ‘academic’ and teacher-centred with high subject content) towards an ‘outcome’-based curriculum (i.e., student-centred and focused… Read more →←
A young boy clasping his face and with elbows resting on a table is surrounded by two young girls while another boy to the side plays with a paper guitar.
Inclusive education for children with disabilities

Inclusive education for children with disabilities

Data and research

By Mark Waltham

First, recognise their fundamental right to education. Second, start counting them. “The answer is 4!” says Patricia, 10, as she walks confidently to the board to solve a problem during math class. She goes to school in Sandema, Ghana. At first glance, her classroom appears to be like any other, but a closer look reveals some… Read more →←
A girl writes on a blackboard as a lady beside her looks on in a classroom of school students. The image is labeled 'Think Education'
A spotlight on teacher performance

A spotlight on teacher performance

Data and research

By John Martin

Despite significant investments going into improving the performance of teachers, evidence suggests there is a crisis in both teaching and learning. Why have we (governments, development partners, stakeholders, ‘experts’) got it so wrong? And what could we change in the future? Having worked on teacher programmes in developing… Read more →←
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UNICEF: Ranking high on good

UNICEF: Ranking high on good

Data and research Impact

By Alexander Wooley

Do leaders, citizens and donors agree on the most important development challenges to solve in the countries where they work? Whose support and what conditions make progress more or less likely? Which international donors do leaders prefer as development partners? To answer these questions, the Listening to Leaders 2018 report draws… Read more →←
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Getting every child ready to learn

Getting every child ready to learn

Data and research

By Dr. Elizabeth Spier, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Paul Oburu

  Quality pre-primary education is critical to a child’s cognitive, social and emotional development, growth, school readiness and future economic potential. However, only 42 per cent of children in sub-Saharan Africa participate in any organized pre-primary education before the typical enrolment age for grade one. And those that… Read more →←
A teacher points at the blackboard with a ruler as she turns to face a classroom full of children looking attentively at her and the board. From Think Education Series of think pieces on the challenges facing global education.
Girls’ education is improving, but not for all

Girls’ education is improving, but not for all

Data and research

By Dr. Sharon Tao

  UNICEF has commissioned 10 papers by leading researchers and practitioners to stimulate debate around educational challenges in Eastern and Southern Africa: a region where most children attend school, but many are not learning the basics. While the articles have academic roots, they are not research papers, nor do they represent… Read more →←
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Going down the rabbit hole: Creating a UNICEF report

Going down the rabbit hole: Creating a UNICEF report

Data and research

By Mark Hereward

In the Data and Analytics Section of UNICEF, we produce many reports based on the in-depth database we maintain here in HQ. However, in March, we launched a flagship report: Progress for Every Child in the SDG Era. The report looks across all 232 SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) indicators, identifies the 44 that refer directly to… Read more →←
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