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Apr 29, 2020 | Updates

Build Back Better: Six considerations for national education responses to COVID-19

The COVID-19 crisis is forcing education decision-makers to address urgent implementation challenges rapidly and leverage their systems in new ways. In some cases, this means quickly identifying the most effective solutions for

Apr 24, 2020 | Updates

Responding to COVID-19: Harness the education workforce

As of April 24, 2020, schools in over 190 countries around the world have closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, impacting over 91 percent of enrolled learners and 63 million teachers worldwide. Although schools are closed, learning must not stop. The world’s teachers...

Apr 17, 2020 | Updates

IFFEd: An opportunity to mitigate COVID-19’s impact on learning

The world is in the midst of an unprecedented global catastrophe with devastating impacts that will be felt for generations. We cannot neglect education when taking steps to address the impacts of this crisis. More than 1.5 billion children and youth – over 90 percent...

Mar 31, 2020 | Updates

Brown urges G20 to co-operate on delivery of coronavirus medical essentials to avoid profiteering

Gordon Brown has issued a stark warning about “profiteering” over vital medical supplies after Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty spoke of a global bottleneck in securing testing kits and equipment. The former PM said to avoid “dog-eat-dog bidding wars” the G20 should...

Feb 26, 2020 | Updates

DeliverEd: Gathering evidence to deliver real results

A decade left for delivery As we entered 2020, the UN Secretary-General called on the global community to commit to a decade of delivery. Indeed, we are just 10 years away from the 2030 deadline to meet the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 4 of ensuring...

Jan 24, 2020 | Updates

2020 Update: the International Finance Facility for Education (IFFEd)

There is no better investment in our future than education. In today’s global economy and society, investments in human capital are essential and smart. Quality education is absolutely vital to lift people out of poverty, ensure healthier families, unlock job...

Nov 5, 2019 | Updates

The 2030 Skills Scorecard: Projecting workforce readiness

The 2030 Skills Scorecard calculates and projects the percentage of students in each world region currently on track to attain a basic level of secondary education as a measurement for workplace skills readiness.

Oct 2, 2019 | Updates

Education at UNGA 2019

Last week, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) focused on the “Decade of Action for Delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).” With only 10 years until the 2030 deadline and 260 million children still out of school, a decade of action is truly needed...

Sep 23, 2019 | Updates

Rethinking the Education Workforce

The following blog is from the Foreword of the Education Commission’s new report: Transforming the Education Workforce: Learning Teams for a Learning Generation. We live in an age of unprecedented change and disruption. In some places, cars drive themselves,...

Aug 2, 2019 | Updates

Getting back on track at the UN’s High-Level Political Forum

Where are we with SDG 4? Recently, world leaders gathered at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) to assess progress toward Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4). According to UNESCO’s latest projections – which align with the Commission’s analysis –...