28 Jan 2013

What Learning is Important? How should it be Measured? How can such Measurement Improve Quality?: An Update of the Learning Metrics Task Force

By Kate Anderson Simons. I was pleased to read about the rich discussions NORRAG members are having on education and the post-2015 agenda. Heikki Holmås’ call for “an open and inclusive process where all stakeholders, especially partners in the South, take actively part in the discussions” really resonated with me, as this has been a...
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08 Jan 2013

Global Reports on TVET, Skills Development, Work and Jobs

By Kenneth King, NORRAG & University of Edinburgh.  2012 saw the arrival of a whole cluster of global reports on TVET, Skills, Work and Jobs, including from the ILO, World Bank, OECD, UNESCO, McKinsey and others. And what makes a report ‘global’ anyway? Is it possible that ‘regional’ reports like the Asian Development Bank’s Good...
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10 Dec 2012

What Counts?

By David Levesque, Independent Education Adviser. Accountability, value for money and results are central priorities for the current UK government. But applied to education and development what are the implications,  where does the balance lie, whose accountability matters, how it is measured, and what are the costs and outcomes? Accountability to the British tax payer...
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03 Dec 2012

More Strategic Use of Education Aid to Promote Education Equity

By Birger Fredriksen, Results for Development and former Director of Human Development for Africa in the World Bank. I agree with the importance Minister Holmås gives to education equity. There are many reasons why the increasing inequity in education is an important and growing concern. Apart from access to good quality basic education being a...
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27 Nov 2012

Education, Equity and Learning Post-2015 (part 2)

By Kenneth King, NORRAG and University of Edinburgh. This is the second blog post that relates to a meeting on‘Education: Equity and Learning for all – looking beyond 2015’, organized by Save the Children in Oslo on 20th November, 2012. The first blog post, by the Norwegian Minister of International Development, Mr Heikki Holmås, can...
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23 Nov 2012

Education, Equity and Learning Post-2015 (part 1)

By Heikki Holmås, Minister of International Development, Norway. This is the first blog post that relates to a meeting on ‘Education: Equity and Learning for all – looking beyond 2015’, organized by Save the Children in Oslo on 20th November, 2012. This piece was originally posted (minus the image which is from Save the Children’s...
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