19 May 2015
The Implications of Changing Private Rates of Return to Schooling By Harry Anthony Patrinos
By Harry Anthony Patrinos, World Bank. High returns signal that tertiary education is a good private investment; the public priority, however, isn’t... Read More
15 May 2015
Rethinking Education: Towards a Global Common Good? By Sobhi Tawil and Rita Locatelli
By Sobhi Tawil and Rita Locatelli, UNESCO Education Research and Foresight. Rethinking Education: Towards a global common good? is being released by... Read More
13 May 2015
National Policy on Education: Issues in Financing of Higher Education in India By Jandhyala Tilak
By Jandhyala B G Tilak, National University of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi. The first national policy on education was formulated... Read More
08 May 2015
Low-fee Private Schools in Peru By María Balarin
By María Balarin, Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE), Lima, Peru. Low fee private schools are a growing phenomenon in many... Read More
27 Apr 2015
Skills Development in India: a Daunting Task By Indu Grover
By Indu Grover, CCS Haryana Agriculture University, Hisar, India. Education and skills, the foundation of human capital formation, are the key driving... Read More
20 Apr 2015
The Young Lives Longitudinal Study – Methodological Considerations By Angela W Little
By Angela W Little, UCL Institute of Education. In 2000 the Millennium Declaration issued by the United Nations identified poverty reduction as... Read More
15 Apr 2015
In Search of Sustainable TVSD Financing: It’s Not (Only) About the Money, Money Money By Robert Palmer
By Robert Palmer, NORRAG Technical and vocational skills development (TVSD) spans many domains; in many countries it exists in schools and institutes... Read More
09 Apr 2015
Where do the Proposed Education Targets Fall Short? The View of the EFA Global Monitoring Report 2015 By NORRAG
By NORRAG. Below we highlight some of the key issues related to education post-2015 raised in the EFA Global Monitoring Report 2015... Read More
18 Mar 2015
India’s Skills Challenge: Reforming Vocational Education and Training to Harness the Demographic Dividend By Santosh Mehrotra
By Santosh Mehrotra, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. The Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system in India needs to expand very... Read More
09 Mar 2015
Strengthening International Co-operation in Education By Colin Power
By Colin Power, University of Queensland. There can be no question as to the public and private benefits of education. But education... Read More