Category: Learning
International Mother Language Day 2025
21 February 2025, we celebrate the 25th anniversary of International Mother Language Day
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If not today, it will be tomorrow: the significant role of education in promoting active ageing
During the past decades, the life expectancy of people living in most regions of the world has increased significantly because of improvements in living conditions, socio-economic development, advances in medicine and more progressive in public health policies.
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Transforming Pakistan’s Education Future Through Evidence-Based Research
In May 2024, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, declared an ‘Education Emergency’ across Pakistan. This declaration comes at perhaps the most critical juncture in Pakistan’s educational history – with 26 million children out of school and a country ranked as the 8th most vulnerable to the impacts of…
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Can Evidence on Learning Gains Help Guide Teacher Policy in Ethiopia?
Understanding teachers’ contribution to raising learning outcomes at scale is important for informing policy on teachers and teacher development. Much of the research dedicated to assessing the contribution of teachers to their pupils’ progress in quantitative terms uses what is known as ‘value-added modelling’
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Recentring Mathematics curricula in developing countries using the Global Proficiency Framework: Insights from Sierra Leone
7 out of 10 learners in Grade 2 and Grade 4 in Sierra Leone cannot add or subtract 2-digit numbers. The proportion of learners who score zero in these tasks does not drop as learners progress from Grade 2 to Grade 4 (ibid.).
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Scoping of African organisations providing capacity strengthening opportunities for researchers
Researchers with the right skills and expertise can produce robust, trustworthy and reliable research evidence that can positively influence education policy decisions and investments.
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Conference on Scholasticide in Gaza: A Call to Action for the International Education Community
The event brought together Palestinian academics, UK-based educators, and experts to discuss the devastating impact of the ongoing genocide on Gaza’s education system.
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Missing futures: How the systematic undermining of children’s rights in Gaza impacts their ability to learn now and, in the future
The ongoing conflict in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, has inflicted unprecedented and potentially irreversible harm on Palestinian children, with consequences that threaten not only their individual futures but the very fabric of Palestinian society for generations to come.
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The role of solidarity and education in times of oppression
The bell rang loudly, signifying the end of the mid-morning recess. In the corridors, students rushed to their classrooms. As I stepped into my Grade 11 History class, my attention was drawn to the notice board where a student had sketched the flag of Palestine with a bold caption: “Free…
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Lessons from RISE Ethiopia for the Education Transformation Operation for Learning Programme
In 2023, the Ethiopian government launched an ambitious national education reform, namely the Ethiopian Education Transformation Programme (EETP). This reform aims to improve learning outcomes for all children in the general education system.
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What is the impact of technology on teaching in the Pacific?
Home to 45.5 million people scattered across 30 million square kilometres, the Pacific is a unique geographic and cultural region. The rapid growth of digital technology offers the promise of greater access to education for the region’s diverse population. However, widespread adoption of technology in education has been hindered by…
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What about the boys? How backlash against girls’ education is an opportunity to do better
If you have ever worked on a girls’ education programme, there is undoubtedly one question that you will have heard – be it from Ministry of Education (MoE) actors, teachers, parents, students, researchers, donors, even your own colleagues – which is, ‘what about the boys?’ At best, this question comes…
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