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Better Data = Better Policies This is a busy but exciting time at the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), where we are getting ready to provide you with more country-level and timely data on all...
25/02/2019
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Among the many factors fuelling the global learning crisis that stunts the educational path of six out of ten children and adolescents, we must consider the conditions in which children try to learn...
28/02/2019
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The recent edition of the SDG 4 Data Digest illustrates the range of partners working with the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) to help countries produce and use assessment data to strengthen...
25/04/2019
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It is time for all donor countries to invest more heavily in education data. This matters because we can’t solve a problem we don’t understand. And it is only too clear that we have some big problems...
30/07/2019
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Report from the third meeting of the Global Alliance to Monitor Learning (11-12 May) By David Coleman, Senior Education Advisor, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (and Chair of the...
09/06/2017
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By Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics This blog was also published by the Global Partnership for Education (GPE).  Last month saw a major leap forward on the global...
12/07/2017
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New data on learning are steadily coming on-stream, helping us to gauge the extent to which children and youth, in school and out, are learning acquiring the skills they need to build their lives....
07/09/2017
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New data released today by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) show that 617 million children and adolescents worldwide are not reaching minimum proficiency levels in reading and mathematics....
21/09/2017