‘In school, but learning nothing’
Six out of 10 children and teenagers in the world are failing to reach basic levels of...
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Education takes center stage during Global Goals Week
One year after the Learning Generation report launch, Commission leadership met in New York to...
Two years down, 13 to go – Checking in on our progress towards the SDGs
September 25th 2017, marks two years since the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were...
Setting New Targets for Success
If the global community is serious about keeping its promise to achieve Sustainable...
Liberating Literacies on International Literacy Day 2017: Rewriting the codes for 21st century
Rahima is a mother of five living in Pakistan’s province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Her youngest...
Literacy, key to inclusive and digital societies
Every September 8, on International Literacy day, my thoughts go to the illiterate women in...
Can localized actions to teacher and pupil attendance work? – Emerging perspectives from the Husika initiative in Kenya
It is a bright Thursday morning at 9:00 am as we arrive in Kilimani village in Kilifi. We meet...
Cameroon and Swaziland Exposure visit to Citizen Led Assessments
Towards the end of June 2017, delegations from Cameroon and Swaziland visited Uwezo Uganda to...
Of what value is primary school completion?
Nearly all children now enrol in grade 1 and 80 percent are reaching grade 5, currently the...
Why India Needs To Count Its Broken Toilets
In 2016, as many as 96.5% of rural elementary government schools in India had toilets, but...
How can technology be used to improve learning?
In a world increasingly driven by data, we often still don’t know whether or what children are...
Secret Recipe for Improving Learning Outcomes in Kenya
Recently in the 42nd Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association (KESSHA) conference in Mombasa,...