Tagged: primary education

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

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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 teacher holding a piece of printed paper and pointing to the graphical illustrations on it to a child next to her.

How can data change children’s lives?

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In education, how data is used can make all the difference. UNICEF’s Data Must Speak initiative aims to maximize the use of existing education data, so that it can drive policy decisions, inform citizens, and empower communities. Education holds the key to a better life for millions of children and adolescents worldwide: a life with… Read more →←
Un enfant sur une planche sur l'eau qui pagaie.

Paddling to school in Zambia

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The Zambian town of Mongu sits on a small hill. From its modest height you get an elevated view of the horizon across the Barotse floodplain, one of Africa’s largest wetland areas. The flooded Zambezi shows few signs of movement, though the water here is gradually flowing South, and will eventually gather speed to plummet over the… Read more →←
Two young boys sitting in the grass looking at a piece of paper one of them has held in his hands, along with a pen in the other hand.

The role of parents and caregivers in lifewide learning

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  Parents and caregivers dominate opportunities to contribute to learning Children spend more time outside school than they do inside it. It is here that parents and caregivers can shape their learning environments and opportunities. Consider a primary school child in Malawi. According to the pie chart below, the child’s… Read more →←

A Syrian refugee is the first student in three generations

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Last week I was welcomed by Sidra’s family into their home in Erbil in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Her family fled the conflict in Syria in late 2013. Sidra lives with her parents, grandparents, two uncles and their families, one aunt, and six siblings. The three-room house is unfinished, with unpainted walls, no locks and only one… Read more →←
In 2012, when floods struck Niamey, Niger, Rashida (in blue) and her family were among the 8,000 people who were displaced. To ensure that there was no delay in the children returning to school, UNICEF and partners raised 12 emergency education tents at a nearby school.

Getting all children in school – a goal we’ve yet to achieve

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More than 15 years ago, the international community rallied in support of universal primary education by 2015 as part of the Millennium Development Goals. As 2015 nears, it is clear that we will not make the deadline. But not because it can’t be done. Despite not achieving the goal by 2015, I remain convinced that providing all… Read more →←

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