06 Jul 2021
KIX EAP Podcast #4: Dr Aminath Shafiya Adam, Assistant Professor, Maldives National University
русский I العربية This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Chapman University (USA), features Aminath Shafiya Adam (PhD) an assistant professor at The Maldives National University, located in Male, Maldives. In this episode, Dr Adam explains how she trains future teachers to become “Champions” in their classrooms through positivity.... Read More
Event highlights - Book launch: Realizing the Abidjan Principles on the Right to Education
On 15 June 2021, NORRAG in cooperation with California State University, Sacramento (CSUS), the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR) and the Right to Education Initiative (RTE) organized the online book launch of Realizing the Abidjan Principles on the Right to Education: Human Rights, Public Education, and the Role of Private Actors... Read More
29 Jun 2021
New NORRAG Podcast Episode: Can Social Integration in Schools be Mandated? Evidence from the Right to Education Act in India
NORRAG Podcast Episode 10 has just been released! This episode features guest host, Luis Crouch, Senior Economist of RTI’s International Development Group. He interviews Radhika Joshi, Doctor of Economic at the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore. They discuss Dr. Joshi’s fascinating article: “Can Social Integration in Schools be Mandated? Evidence from the Right to... Read More
28 Jun 2021
7 July 2021: NORRAG Executive Director to Speak at Oxford University's Global Public Seminar
NORRAG Executive Director, Moira V. Faul, will be presenting: Governing Education by Partnership: the GPE in the Context of Other Sectors’ Global Financing Partnerships on 7 July 2021. This online event is part of the University of Oxford’s Global Public Seminar series on Comparative and International Education, jointly organised by the Department of Education and... Read More
08 Jun 2021
Event highlights - KIX EAP Webinar: Using ‘Evidence’ in Educational Planning and Management
русский I العربية On 27 May 2021, KIX EAP Hub organised its ninth webinar on “Using ‘Evidence’ in Educational Planning and Management”. The webinar was organised with NORRAG and UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (UNESCO IIEP). This virtual event was attended by more than 200 experts from over 60 countries. The webinar was conducted... Read More
04 Jun 2021
Student resilience during the COVID-19 crisis
Abstract: This NORRAG Highlights is written by guest author, Anne-Fleur Lurvink, a high school teacher in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. One year from the start of the pandemic, she reflects on where her community stands in terms of students’ resilience. What does resilience mean? Hear from Lurvink’s students themselves, and uncover what can be done to... Read More
02 Jun 2021
KIX EAP Podcast #3: Dr. Shehzad Jeeva, Director of AKU-EB and Assistant Professor, Aga Khan University
This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Chapman University (USA), features Dr. Shehzad Jeeva, Director of the Aga Khan University Examination Board (AKU-EB) and an Assistant Professor in the university’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, located in Karachi, Pakistan. Dr. Shehzad Jeeva talks about how to foster critical thinking... Read More
29 May 2021
NORRAG Survey on Results-Based Financing at the Meso-level of the Education System
Are you aware of any Results-Based Finance projects or models being implemented to incentivise meso-level actors in the education system? If so, we would like to hear from you via this short survey. FILL IN THE SURVEY NORRAG with funding from the World Bank REACH program is conducting research on the use and impact of... Read More
28 May 2021
Seeking applicants to write regional think pieces on missing education data
To contribute to the Missing Data project, NORRAG is soliciting applications from regional experts interested in producing a concise Think Piece (7-10 pages) which will inform regional deliberations regarding priority areas around missing data groups, data types, and data purposes for further investigation in each of the following regions. The expert is expected to draw... Read More
28 May 2021
Technology as a learning space: Teachers need support for digital learning now
This NORRAG Highlights is contributed by Sarah Fuller, an education consultant with the UNICEF Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia. In this post, she looks at the impact and the disruption technology has had on education, in lights of COVID-19. The pandemic has accelerated the redefinition of ICT not only as a practical tool... Read More