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Education systems
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Guidelines to Strengthen the Right to Education in National Frameworks
Member States are increasingly seeking ways and means to step up efforts to ensure their national systems and frameworks are aligned with international commitments and obligations in order to overcome challenges in the full implementation of the right to
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Waliku: Address student absenteeism and well-being through the strategic use of technology
Despite high enrolments in schools, student absenteeism is a problem in low-resource contexts. Average attendance rates tracked by school systems mask the extent of absenteeism at an individual level, which can easily be over 10% of school days or a month
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Outsourcing Primary Education in Liberia Leads to Mixed Results
The long-lasting effects of a 14-year civil war, compounded by school closures caused by the 2014 Ebola outbreak, have had a huge impact on Liberia’s education system. In early 2016, the Liberian Ministry of Education announced that it would contract the
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Marco de Acción Sector Educación ante el COVID-19
The Education Cluster in Venezuela, made up of civil society organizations and the United Nations, in coordination with the educational authorities, designed the Framework for Action in the Educational Sector before COVID-19. Its objective is to support t
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Plani Individual i Arsimit (PIA) dhe Udhëzuesi për Hartimin e Planit Individual të Arsimit për Fëmijë me Neoja të Veçanta Arsimore
The Individual Education Plan (PIA) is an official pedagogical document designed for children with special educational needs. The PIA is to be used for students who the municipal assessment team, or even the team at the institution level, has decided shou
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Ending the Hidden Exclusion: Learning and equity in education post-2015
Save the Children International’s new report ‘Ending the hidden exclusion: Learning and equity in education post-2015’, looks at how to ensure that all children are both in school and learning. Millions of children suffer from a ‘hidden exclusion’ from ed
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How the Global Partnership for Education Adds Value
This report shows how the Global Partnership model offers unique support for the education of all boys and girls in 59 low-income countries. By supporting development programs to achieve a country’s education goals (such as gender parity, quality learning
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Attacks on Education: The impact of conflict and grave violations on children’s futures
The number of recorded attacks on education has increased in recent years. Almost 50 million children around the world are being denied schooling, and the number of attacks on education is rising, according to Save the Children's new report "Attack on Edu
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Size and Sources of the Private School Premium in Test Scores in India. Young Lives Working Paper No. 98
This paper uses unique panel data to estimate value-added models of learning production in private and government schools in Andhra Pradesh (India), examine heterogeneity in the value-added of private schools, and identify the sources of learning in these
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Guide for working with Roma families towards achieving the success of their children in school. A transnational methodological proposal
This guide has been the product of the transnational project “Roma Families Get Involved: transnational methodology for working with Roma families towards their children´s success in education”. The involvement of the family in the education of children
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Changing Children's Lives: Risks and Opportunities. Young Lives Policy Paper
Children’s development and well-being are significantly influenced by their family and community environment, with poor and marginalised children facing a heavier burden of risk. This paper summarises emerging findings from Young Lives to show how childre
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Why are boys underperforming in education? Gender analysis of four Asia-Pacific countries
All girls and boys have an equal right to education. Meeting this right requires an education system, which welcomes all students, girls and boys. Teaching and curricula must respond to students’ individual backgrounds, cultures and learning styles, allow