06 Jul 2022
KIX EAP Podcast #15: Upholding research and improving education quality in Bhutan, with Karma Utha
This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast, hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Chapman University (USA), features Dr. Karma Utha, Assistant Professor in Samtse College of Education, Royal University of Bhutan. In the podcast, Dr. Utha talks about upholding research that examines public education policies and about improving the quality of education in Bhutan.... Read More
05 Jul 2022
5 July 2022: Event: Refugee teachers and teachers of refugees
From 1:30–3:00 p.m. CEST / 7:30–9:00 a.m. EST on 5 July 2022, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the International Labour Organization (ILO), and the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations will host the High-Level Political Forum “Refugee teachers and teachers of refugees: What does transformation look... Read More
04 Jul 2022
New report from the Geneva Global Hub for EiE: Financing for education in emergencies coming up short in the wake of COVID-19
The Geneva Global Hub for Education in Emergencies (EiE) has launched a new report on Financing for education in emergencies coming up short in the wake of COVID-19. Funding for EiE is falling behind. It is far from meeting the needs of the millions of school-aged children and youth affected globally by crises, who require... Read More
01 Jul 2022
Event Highlights: Girls' Education: Counting the Uncounted
In keeping with our core principles of inclusiveness and gender equity, NORRAG in cooperation with the KIX Europe I Asia I Pacific Hub and the Gender Centre at the Geneva Graduate Institute organised “Girls’ Education: Counting the Uncounted” on 15 June 2022. This webinar is also the 14th in the KIX EAP Webinar series. The... Read More
23 Jun 2022
30 June 2022: Psychosocial support to children and adolescence in education projects: Good practices and challenges
On 30 June 2022 from 3:00pm-5:00pm, the Swiss Network for Education and International Cooperation (RECI) will host the interactive webinar “Psychosocial support to children and adolescence in education projects: Good practices and challenges.” The webinar will be in English and Spanish with simultaneous translation. Deadline to register is 24 June 2022. Register here About the... Read More
21 Jun 2022
UNICEF launches a methodological review of the Data Must Speak Positive Deviance Research
The pandemic has aggravated a learning crisis and put global goals in jeopardy. And yet, even in the most challenging educational contexts, some schools outperform others located in similar contexts and with an equivalent level of resources. Why do these exceptional schools, known as ‘positive deviant’ schools, achieve improved outcomes in learning, retention, equity and... Read More
20 Jun 2022
The Privatization of Education: Reflections on UNESCO’s GEM Report on Non-State Actors
In this NORRAG Highlights, Steven J. Klees, Distinguished Scholar-Teacher and Professor of International Education Policy at the University of Maryland discusses UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring Report on Non-State Actors in Education: Who Chooses? Who Loses? Klees looks at the scope of the report, its recommendations and offers a critical view of its limitations, impacted by... Read More
20 Jun 2022
28 June 2022: Striking the right balance: State and non-state engagement within technical and vocational education and training
As part of its mandate to compile, synthesize and analyse the latest and most important themes in international education, the 2021/22 Global Education Monitoring Report on non-state actors in education reviews a wide range of stakeholders and their activities across all levels of education, with an entire chapter dedicated to non-state engagement within technical and vocational education... Read More
20 Jun 2022
Event Highlights: KIX EAP Webinar 13 “Data that speaks, school reforms that follow”
русский I العربية The 13th KIX EAP Webinar took place on 31st May 2022. The webinar dealt with foundational learning in schools. It illustrated how data has been used in some of the countries of the EAP region to understand (i) what the root causes are for poor student performance and (ii) what we can... Read More
17 Jun 2022
Special Rapporteur on the right to education: Report on the digitalization of education now available
In this report, the Special Rapporteur on the right to education addresses the risks and opportunities of the digitalization of education for the right to education. She calls for discussions relating to the introduction of digital technologies in education to be framed around the right of every person to public, free, quality education and the... Read More