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Will there be education goals after 2015? |
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Author: Nicholas Burnett
The six Education for All (EFA) goals and the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), two of which concern education, all expire in 2015. Though there are still three years to go…
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Global Partnership for Education |
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Author: Luis Crouch
The Global Partnership for Education (GPE), formerly known as the Education for all – Fast Track Initiative, works as a ‘global compact’ between low-income and donor countries. Established in 2002…
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Education: 2015 and beyond |
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Author: Steve Packer
As 2015 approaches, judgements are beginning to be made as to the success or otherwise of the international commitments made in 2000 to meet ambitious basic education goals and targets within 15 years. At the same time…
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The state of the world’s girls – learning for life |
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Author: Sharon Goulds
This year, Plan’s Because I am a Girl report focuses on girls’ education, and is particularly concerned with what happens to girls when they reach adolescence. It will be published on 11 October 2012…
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Making the leap: Expanding secondary education in the Commonwealth |
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Author: Fatimah Kelleher and Anne-Marie Philip
While notable successes in basic education enrolments over the last decade are being cautiously applauded in light of the fact that 61 million children are still not in primary school…
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Viewpoint: Can the Commonwealth impact on the quality of education in sub-Saharan Africa? |
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Author: Phumzile Mlambo Ncuka and Stephen Blunden
The Commonwealth institutions, given their limited resources, have been trying to cover too wide an education agenda. This particularly applies to the Secretariat…
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TSiBA education |
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The Tertiary School of Business Administration (TSiBA) is a private, not-for-profit institution founded in South Africa in 2004. Its vision is..
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Realising the right to free and compulsory elementary education in India: an uphill task |
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Author: Jyotsna Jha
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act or Right to Education (RTE) Act, passed by the Indian Parliament on 4 August 2009…
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Early childhood care and education in Trinidad and Tobago |
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Author: Bhadase Seetahal-Maraj
The Ministry of Education in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago has been mandated by the government to deliver universal early chidhood care and education (ECCE) by 2015. A process to ensure…
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Financing education through public-private partnership |
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Author: Allah Bakhsh Malik
Public-private partnerships (PPP) in education – i.e. financing by the government and service delivery by the private sector with inbuilt institutional mechanisms of transparency and accountability – have…
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PPP in education: going beyond the PFI model |
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Author: Hee Kong Yong
The UK has been one of the most active countries in the use of public-private partnerships (PPP) for the delivery of educational facilities. The PPP model used…
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To privatise, purchase or partner |
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Author: Modupe Adefeso-Olateju
It is generally accepted that meaningful education is a critical foundation for national and global development. Education is not only important…
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School in a Box: Providing a whole-class learning solution in developing countries |
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Author: Philip Penny and Ciarán McCormack
School in a Box (SIAB) is a new Film in Schools/Institute of Art Design and Technology (FÍS/IADT) initiative that addresses the global problem of inequitable access to modern educational tools. It is an innovative…
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