16 Oct 2025
School Clustering Policy in Pakistan
In this blogpost by Sajid Ali, Aisha Naz Ansari, and Khadija Gul share the findings of an analysis of a 2021 school clustering policy in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The authors address the strengths and challenges of the policy and find that school clustering has the potential to bring about positive change if done well. Over the... Read More
14 Oct 2025
Realizing the Triple Nexus: Upcoming NORRAG Policy Insights Celebrates the Central Role of Teachers.
By Alison Joyner & Christopher Henderson Marking World Teachers Day 2025, NORRAG celebrates the central role played by teachers in making a reality of the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus. In December 2025 NORRAG will be launching its sixth Policy Insights publication titled The Triple Nexus at 10: What We’ve Learned and Where We Go From Here. The publication... Read More
09 Oct 2025
Enjoying the Right to Education: for all Children, in all Contexts
NORRAG contributed to the report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Rights of the child and the human rights violations of children in armed conflict (A/HRC/60/51), mandated by Human Rights Council resolution 55/29, which was presented by Ms. Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict at the 58th Session of the Human Rights... Read More
09 Oct 2025
Investing in Futures: Highlights from the Education Finance Evening
1 October 2025, Geneva – Co-hosted by EFN, NORRAG & iGravity on the margins of Building Bridges On the margins of Building Bridges, the leading conference on sustainable finance, NORRAG welcomed partners and stakeholders interested in education financing and investment to Maison de la Paix in Geneva for a dynamic side event co-organised with... Read More
09 Oct 2025
Beyond Textbooks: How SDGs are Brought into Delhi Government Schools
In this blogpost, Shreyan Acharya highlights an initiative launched by the Directorate of Education in Delhi for students in government schools to create magazines focused on the Sustainable Development Goals. The initiative enhanced students’ engagement with global goals and their connections to local challenges. The Agenda 2030, adopted by the United Nations, outlines 17 Sustainable... Read More
06 Oct 2025
Launch of the Policy Brief on Protecting the Right to Education in Armed Conflict by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education
30 October 2025 13:00 – 14:00 CET Geneva, Palais des Nations Room V (and online) The mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education was established to examine the crucial issue of the right of all persons to access quality education without discrimination, and to provide recommendations to Governments and other stakeholders. The Special... Read More
02 Oct 2025
Beyond Seoul: The Reality of Global Citizenship Education in Korea's Regional Cities
This blogpost by Alina Saif is based on the author’s Master’s thesis at the Geneva Graduate Institute. The thesis received an Honorable Mention for the NORRAG Prize in Comparative and International Education, an annual award presented by the NORRAG Global Education Centre and the UNESCO Chair in Comparative Education Policy. The prize aims to recognize an... Read More
02 Oct 2025
Education as a Pathway to Women’s Leadership: Lessons from Rural Maharashtra
In this blogpost, Sara Ferrari presents key takeaways from her Master’s thesis “Voices of Change: Examining the Role of Education on Women’s Leadership Roles in Rural Maharashtra, India” which was awarded an Honourable Mention for the 2025 NORRAG Prize in Comparative and International Education. The prize, awarded by the NORRAG Global Education Centre and the UNESCO Chair... Read More
30 Sep 2025
Funding the Future: How Outcome-Based Financing can Strengthen Education Systems
NORRAG participated in the UKFIET 2025 conference in Oxford, held under the theme “Mobilising Knowledge, Partnerships, and Innovations for Sustainable Development through Education and Training.” On Tuesday 17 September 2025, the session “Funding the Future: How Outcome-Based Financing can Strengthen Education Systems” explored the growing use of outcome-based financing (OBF) as a tool to improve... Read More
Event Highlights: Challenging the Deficit Model in Education and Development
Wednesday 29 October 2025 18:30 – 20:00 CEST Hybrid: Auditorium A2, Maison de la Paix, Geneva & Online (Zoom) POSTER This event, “Challenging the Deficit Model in Education and Development” directly confronts the pervasive culture that frames the Global South as inherently lacking or “underdeveloped” compared to the Global North. For decades, development has been... Read More