Responding to Covid-19 in Kenya: Interview with Lucy Maina and Ngángá Kibandi
With the ‘COVID-19 Interviews’, NISSEM has embarked on a series of interviews with actors from government and civil society, in order to understand better the practicalities and implications of national responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The focus is on countries in the global south. A full transcript of this interview can be found here. NISSEM […]
Reflections on Coronavirus: Ten propositions for educational planning and development
This blog was written by Keith Lewin, Emeritus Professor of International Development and Education at the University of Sussex, and Chair of the UKFIET Trustees. It outlines ideas which are developed more fully in the latest edition of Prospects: ‘Contingent reflections on coronavirus and priorities for educational planning and development’, published 26 June 2020. The […]
More than the sum of its parts: Internationally-comparable citizen-led assessments to ensure no child is left behind
This blog was written by Professor Pauline Rose, Director of the Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. It has also been published on the PAL Network blog website. From local and national to internationally-comparable data on learning Since the advent of the Sustainable Development Goals […]
COVID-19 is poised to exacerbate the learning crisis, evidence from long-term school closures in Pakistan
This blog was written by Marla Spivack, Research Manager of RISE and a Research Fellow on the Building State Capability program at the Center for International Development at Harvard University. It was published on the RISE website on 10 June 2020. The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and of the policies adopted to mitigate its […]
Non-state actors are influencing the teaching profession: What are the implications?
This blog was written by Amita Chudgar, Michigan State University. It was published on the Global Education Monitoring Report World Education Blog website on 4 June 2020. “When the schools reopen, I am going to hug my child’s teacher and thank her…” a friend said to me on the phone just three days into a […]