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Reaching the marginalized: EFA global monitoring report, 2010
Education systems in many of the world's poorest countries are now experiencing the aftermath of the global economic downturn. The 2010 Education for All Global Monitoring Report, argues that the crisis could create a lost generation of children whose lif
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Country fact sheet- Commendable practices for child rights in Iraq
The “Manara Network: A civil society for Child’s Rights” was designed and implemented by Save the Children Sweden (SCS) in collaboration with the International Bureau for Children’s Rights (IBCR), along with local civil society organisations (CSOs) from t
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Global Education Digest 2012: The impact of grade repetition and early school leaving
The 2012 edition of the Global Education Digest from the UNESCO Institute of Statistics examines two persistent obstacles to universal primary education: high rates of grade repetition and early school leaving. The report finds that globally 32.2 million
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Youth and skills: putting education to work. EFA Global Monitoring Report, 2012
Many young people around the world — especially the disadvantaged — are leaving school without the skills they need to thrive in society and find decent jobs. As well as thwarting young people’s hopes, these education failures are jeopardizing equitable e
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Results for learning report 2012. Fostering evidence-based dialogue to monitor access and quality in education
The Results for Learning Report is part of the Global Partnership for Education’s (GPE) monitoring and evaluation strategy to measure the progress made in helping developing nations implement their own education sector plans. This is the first of a series
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La incidencia política de la sociedad civil por el derecho humano a la educación: relatos y aprendizajes desde América Latina y el Caribe
A document produced by the Latin American Campaign for the Right to Education (CLADE) that shares learnings and experiences from national coalitions of civil society organizations working for the right to education in Bolivia, Haiti, Nicaragua and the Dom
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Literacy Boost Uganda Midline Report 2012
The Literacy Boost program is an intervention focused on working with teachers and communities to improve children’s reading skills. The Literacy Boost Uganda Midline Report examines the results of a student background survey and reading assessment conduc
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Child centred disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation: Roles of Gender and Culture in Indonesia
This research study focused on two communities in Indonesia examined the benefits and feasibility of child-centred Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and the potential impact of gender and religion. Children were found to face many cultural and institutional b
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Back to School? The worst places in the world to be a school child in 2010
The Global Campaign for Education launched ‘'Back to School? The worst places to be a school child in 2010’’, a report backed by Plan, Education International, Oxfam, Save the Children and VSO. Somalia and Haiti have topped the list of the world’s worst p
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INEE Guidance Notes on teaching and learning
The INEE Guidance Notes on teaching and learning articulate good practice on critical issues related to curricula adaptation and development, instruction and learning processes, teacher training and support, and the assessment of learning outcomes, focusi
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Literacy Boost Kailali, Nepal- Year 1 Report Nepal
Save the Children's Literacy Boost program was implemented as a pilot program in Kailali, a district in the far-western region of Nepal, in April 2009, the start of the school year. The program was implemented in 16 schools and approximately 52 communitie
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Closer to home: how to help schools in low- and middle-income countries respond to children's language needs
Many children around the world find education impossible because they are taught in a language they don't understand. This guide offers advice on how to make school systems in low- and middle-income countries work better in today’s multilingual world. Thi