You are here
Primary education
-
Country risk reduction profile: Disaster Risk Reduction in Bolivia
Bolivia- a landlocked country in central South America bordered by Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, and Peru- is vulnerable to drought, landslides, extreme cold, fires and earthquakes. Save the Children's Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) activities in Bol
-
Delivering quality early learning in low-resource settings. Progress and challenges in Ethiopia. Working Paper No. 59-- Bernard Van Leer Foundation
Ethiopia offers a case study in the development of Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) in low-resource settings, which needs to be understood in the context of recent government priorities to universalise primary education, and low levels of ECCE of
-
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
-
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
-
Education for sustainable development in action: learning & training tools
The purpose of the publication is to describe ways in which education for sustainable development (ESD) can be integrated into primary and secondary schooling. This collection of briefs is designed to complement other ESD materials published by UNESCO. Th
-
The future is now. Education for children affected by conflict
More than half of all children who are out of school live in conflict-affected fragile states. What are the challenges to getting them into school? And what needs to be done? Save the Children’s Rewrite the Future campaign was launched in 2006 to get chil
-
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
-
Schooling and Conflict in Darfur: A Snapshot of Basic Education Services for Displaced Children
The Women's Refugee Commission partnered with the Population Council to provide a more accurate picture of the state of formal and non-formal education for displaced children of primary school age (6-14) in North and West Darfur. The findings in this repo
-
Save the Children's Literacy Boost Results- Nepal 1 Year
Save the Children's Literacy Boost program began implementation in Kailali, a district in the far-western region of Nepal, in April 2009 at the start of the school year. The program was implemented in 16 schools and approximately 52 communities located in
-
Situation Analysis and Recommendations: Dampier Peninsula Indigenous Parenting Support Services
The Indigenous Parenting Support Program is aimed to strengthen parenting skills and support the development, learning and well-being of Indigenous children. The program works to encourage Indigenous parents to overcome barriers to good family relationshi
-
The Future is Now. Summary of Full Report
Every child has the right to education. We have seen a big drop in the number of primary-age children who cannot go to school – between 2006 and 2010 the global figure fell from 115 million to 72 million. That is an impressive achievement, but there’s sti
-
Accelerated learning programmes in conflict-affected fragile states
38 million children of primary school age are out of school in conflict-affected fragile states (CAFS). In addition, millions of older children in CAFS have missed out on education because their experience of conflict has made it difficult for them to cop