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After more than 6 months since the beginning of national lockdowns and school closures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, reopening schools is necessary and essential. Interruptions to classroom-...
16/09/2020
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Traditional ways of measuring educational proficiency, based on assessment results and the percentage of children enrolled in schooling, may not be as effective a measurement while COVID-19 impacts...
23/10/2020
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By Silvia Montoya, Director, UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) and Manos Antoninis, Director, Global Education Monitoring Report New global indicator will provide a simple, comprehensive measure...
29/10/2020
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By Silvia Montoya, Director, UNESCO Institute for Statistics World Children’s Day, established to promote child rights and welfare, is more important than ever this year as the world grapples with...
20/11/2020
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By Andrés Sandoval-Hernández, University of Bath, and Diego Carrasco, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile When UN Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals...
14/12/2020
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By ECW, FHI 360, INEE, NORRAG, and the UIS This post is cross-published by ECW, FHI 360, INEE, NORRAG, and the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Last week INEE, ECW, and the UIS launched a new...
17/12/2020
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By Friedrich Huebler, Head of Education Standards and Methodology at the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) It is not enough to simply collect data. Data that are useful for monitoring progress...
18/01/2021
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By Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) and Daniel Capistrano, University College Dublin This International Day of Education, the impact of COVID-19 on education is...
25/01/2021