20 May 2021
The Effect of COVID-19 on Non-state Involvement in Education
Abstract: This NORRAG Highlights features guest author Zain ul Abidin, a Policy Researcher at Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi Center of Education and Consciousness. Abidin describes the strong presence and role of non-state actors in education in the global south, particularly in South Asia. Amidst the global pandemic, survival of many non-state schools is at risk. Is there potential... Read More
19 May 2021
Education and the New Inequality Divides by Moira V. Faul, Patrick Montjouridès and Arushi Terway
Moira V. Faul, Patrick Montjouridès and Arushi Terway recently published an article in Global Challenges, the Graduate Institute, Geneva’s flagship publication. The article titled “Education and the New Inequality Divides” looks at how data collection and practices still reinforce patterns of inequality in funding and accessing education. The authors call for funding and data regimes... Read More
14 May 2021
The Educational Gender Gap under the Covid-19 Pandemic and Emerging Solutions
Abstract: This NORRAG Highlights is written by NORRAG Advisor, Wajeeha Bajwa. She describes how the pandemic has exacerbated the digital divide in Pakistan, disproportionately affecting girls. Bajwa advocates for the scaling of ed-tech solutions and blended learning approaches in both the public and private sector as a means to sustainably redress supply side issues affecting... Read More
14 May 2021
Call for Applications for two new KIX Europe | Asia | Pacific (EAP) Learning Cycles
русский I العربية Learning Cycles are professional development opportunities offered to national education experts from the 21 KIX EAP countries, who analyse, contextualise, and produce new knowledge on policy analysis and innovation exchange. The learning cycles are also an opportunity to make national experts internationally visible by lending them support to produce and disseminate their... Read More
05 May 2021
KIX EAP Podcast #2: Maia Bibileishvili, Head of the “Child, Family, Society” (CFS) organisation
This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Chapman University (USA), features Maia Bibileishvili, Head of the “Child, Family, Society” (CFS) organisation in Georgia. Maia Bibileisvili talks about how her family experience inspired her to advocate for students with disabilities in Georgia. By grassroots organizing and appealing to the highest... Read More
30 Apr 2021
NORRAG’s Missing Data project seeks partners
NORRAG seeks partners and co-sponsors to co-develop regional and thematic symposia on the theme of Missing Education Data. 2022 represents the mid-point between the establishment of the SDG targets and indicators set in 2015 and the deadline for meeting them. In the 2030 Agenda, it is crucial to understand how education data collection and governance regimes can... Read More
27 Apr 2021
Event Highlights – KIX EAP Webinar: What has COVID-19 done to education and research?
русский I العربية On 21st April 2021, NORRAG hosted the 8th KIX EAP webinar “What has COVID-19 done to education and research?” in collaboration with Professor Elaine Unterhalter, one of the guest editors of NORRAG Special Issue 06: States of Emergency: Education in the time of Covid-19 and the following authors of the special issue:... Read More
26 Apr 2021
Digital inclusion in the times of Covid-19: A capabilities approach in understanding inclusion and education
Abstract: This NORRAG Highlights is written by Abbas Abbasov, PhD student in International and Comparative Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. He recognizes that much of the vocabulary we use when we discuss inclusion in education is focused on deficits rather than capabilities. As Covid-19 has brought additional challenges to inclusion in education systems, Abbasov... Read More
23 Apr 2021
New NORRAG Book "Realizing the Abidjan Principles on the Right to Education"
Human Rights, Public Education, and the Role of Private Actors in Education ‘Realizing the Abidjan Principles on the Right to Education: Human Rights, Public Education, and the Role of Private Actors in Education was published in May 2021 and presented during a CIES 2021 panel session chaired by Professor Gita Steiner-Khamsi, Director of NORRAG. The volume... Read More
20 Apr 2021
Call for Contributions! NORRAG Special Issue 07: Education in Times of Climate Change
NORRAG, an associate program of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland, invites contributions to NORRAG Special Issue (NSI) 07 on Education in Times of Climate Change. The contributions are expected to be short written articles (typically around 1200-1500 words) or multimedia material that can speak to a wider audience of policymakers,... Read More