02 Nov 2022
KIX EAP Podcast #19: Becoming a National Voice in Vietnam for Students with Disabilities, with Kim Anh Nguyen
This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast, hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Soka University of America (USA), features Kim Anh Nguyen, the National Coordinator of the Vietnam Association for Education for All (VAEFA). In the Podcast, Ms Nguyen talks about her experience of moving from the private sector over to the field of education,... Read More
01 Nov 2022
Transformational power of education in post-conflict societies: Cases of Rwanda and Northern Uganda
In this blog post, part of the NORRAG Blog Series on the Role of Quality Education in Building Just and Sustainable Peace, Dr Marion MacLellan, Visiting lecturer in International Development, Coventry University and Dr Miho Taka, Assistant Professor, Coventry University, look at the role of education in emergencies in the context of Rwanda and Northern... Read More
29 Oct 2022
28 October 2022: NORRAG Presents Missing Data Project Results at INVALSI Annual Seminar
On 28 October 2023, NORRAG presented findings from the Missing Data Project during a session dedicated to international surveys and data at the seventh annual seminar: “INVALSI data: a tool for teaching and scientific research” which took place in Rome from 27-30 October 2023. The presentation focused on interrogating how SDG4 reporting patterns differ by... Read More
29 Oct 2022
NORRAG publications provide insights and recommendations on results-based financing in education
Building on its expertise in innovative financing for education (IFE), the NORRAG team has released new publications on the use and impact of Results-Based Financing (RBF) in low- and middle-income countries. The recently published pieces look into the use of RBF to incentivise actors and institutions in charge of education system management and administration at... Read More
28 Oct 2022
11 November 2022: Measuring the SDGs - Data Practices, Challenges, and Futures
On 11 November 2022, the Global Governance Centre at the Geneva Graduate Institute is organising a roundtable discussion on the practices, challenges, and futures of the SDG data system. The event is organised in collaboration with SDG Lab and Deloitte Switzerland. Moira V Faul, NORRAG Executive Director, will be among the panelists. Date and time:... Read More
25 Oct 2022
Transforming Education Summit: A Major Breakthrough in Respect of the Financing Agenda
This NORRAG Highlights is contributed by David Archer, Global Lead for Economic Justice and Public Services with ActionAid (www.actionaid.org) and Stakeholder Convenor for the Transforming Education Summit Action Track on Financing. In this blog post, the author reports on the outcomes from the Transforming Education Summit (TES), with a focus on the financing agenda, which he... Read More
19 Oct 2022
Implementation Plan for the International Standard Classification of Teacher Training Programmes to Start in Last Quarter of 2022
The International Standard Classification of Teacher Training Programmes (ISCED-T 2021) is a framework for assembling, compiling, and analysing cross-nationally comparable statistics on teacher training programmes and the related teacher qualifications. ISCED-T was adopted at the 41st session of UNESCO General Conference in November 2021. Following this, the UNESCO Institute for Statistics has prepared an implementation... Read More
19 Oct 2022
Job Board: The Vanuatu Education Support Program (VESP) is looking for an Education Measurement Specialist
The overall objective of this assignment is to assist the Examinations and Assessment Unit to design, administer, analyse and report data from the Vanuatu Standardised Test of Achievement (VANSTA). The contract is for a period of up to 80 days and will include three inputs in 2022/23. Applications close: Sunday October 30, 2022 11.55pm (local... Read More
19 Oct 2022
KIX Grantee in Focus: Data-driven School Improvement (DSI) - Opportunities, Challenges, and Scalable Solutions
русский I العربية In this video, we present a KIX Regional Grant project: Data-Driven School Improvement (DSI) – Opportunities, Challenges, and Scalable Solutions. The DSI research is being conducted in two KIX EAP countries (Nepal and Pakistan) and focuses on scaling and optimising the use of education data by examining the scaling of an innovation:... Read More
17 Oct 2022
Special Rapporteur on the right to education: Report on early childhood care and education now available
The report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education on early childhood care and education (ECCE) is now available in 6 UN languages. This report was published by the former Special Rapporteur, Ms. Koumba Boly Barry, and was presented to the General Assembly in New York by the new Special Rapporteur, Ms. Farida... Read More