14 Aug 2023
Young people demand skills and learning for future employment, responding to a fragile world of high living costs, pandemic disruptions, climate crisis and rising conflicts
On International Youth Day 2023, the world’s largest survey of young people reports that 40% of more than 700,000 respondents identify education, skills and employment as pathways to future security. The project collects the voices of 1 million+ young people, informing a global “Agenda for Action for Adolescents”, launching at a global forum for adolescents... Read More
10 Aug 2023
Student Advisory Boards As Part of School Education Reforms in Delhi
In this blogpost, which is part of the series #TheSouthAlsoKnows, Shreyan Acharya discusses school education reforms in Delhi, with a focus on the role of Student Advisory Boards (SABs), put in place with the aim to strengthen student participation in school governance. India’s school education landscape The education system in India is vast, with more... Read More
03 Aug 2023
How Can Early Childhood Educators Improve Their Working Conditions?
In this blogpost, Michelle Neuman and Tomi Oyedele discuss the global challenge of recruiting and retaining qualified early childhood workers. They look at the reasons why early childhood education workers around the world are turning to collective action and explore the potential of unionization to improve their working conditions. Last September, early childhood workers... Read More
02 Aug 2023
KIX EAP Podcast #24: From Teaching in the Philippines to Advising Ministers of Education in Southeast Asia, with Ethel Agnes Pascua-Valenzuela
This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Chapman University (USA) features Dr. Ethel Agnes Pascua-Valenzuela, Education Advisor to ASEAN on the Future of Education in the ASEAN Socio Cultural Community Research and Development Platform and former director of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) Secretariat. In the... Read More
25 Jul 2023
Education, technology and private sector actors: towards a research agenda
The publication of the 2023 GEM Report on technology and education explores how technology affects education through five distinct channels: “as input, means of delivery, skill, tool for planning, and providing a social and cultural context.” The 2021/2 report focused on non-state actors in education; including the many private sector for-profit actors that are involved... Read More
20 Jul 2023
Reparations in the Ruins of Development
In this blogpost, Arathi Sriprakash re-examines ‘development’ through the lens of reparation. This lens requires us to reject assumptions that development is a necessary ‘solution’ and instead seek means of redress for the injustices which development both has failed to address and has actively created. Sriprakash argues for reparations in the ruins of development as... Read More
19 Jul 2023
The TeachersCOP is back!
The TeachersCOP is an international event created by the Office for Climate Education (OCE), to highlight to global politicians and decision-makers the work of teachers, the challenges they face and the key role they play in the global climate response. The first edition took place during the COP26 held in Glasgow and counted with the participation of 500... Read More
19 Jul 2023
Vacancies at the Education Outcomes Fund
Why Work at the Education Outcomes Fund (EOF)? There are few greater challenges faced by the global community than the twin crises of learning poverty and youth unemployment. The Education Outcomes Fund (EOF) is dedicated to achieving quality education and employment outcomes for children and youth globally. We’re a small, success-driven team that works with... Read More
19 Jul 2023
Call for Sharing Experiences on SDG 4.7 in Teacher Training for Quality Education
As a follow-up of Thematic Day 2022, the TTQE working group is in the process of collecting RECI members’ experiences/projects concerning ODD 4.7 in the context of teacher training for quality education (education for sustainable development, human rights, promoting a culture of peace, global citizenship, etc.). Contributing to this activity is an opportunity to showcase your work... Read More
17 Jul 2023
Call for Contributions! NORRAG Special Issue 10: Education for Societal Transformation: Alternatives for a Just Future
Context NORRAG, an Associate Program of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland, invites contributions to a NORRAG Special Issue (NSI) on Education for Societal Transformation: Alternatives for a Just Future We invite submissions of short written articles (typically around 1200-1500 words) that can speak to a wider global audience of policymakers,... Read More