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Learning Trajectories: A Practical Tool for Tracking Learning and Taking Action

January 27, 2023 | Rastee Chaudhry, Jason Silberstein, Julius Atuhurra,, Adedeji Adeniran, Thelma Obiakor and Sixtus Onyekwere

Learning trajectories are graphs that show how many children achieve a certain level of minimum proficiency at each grade. While learning trajectories have previously been used for research, two new efforts show that they can also serve as practical tools to analyse the learning crisis and take informed action.

A classroom during school closures from COVID-19, empty of students and full of chairs.

‘Out-of-school girls’: do we need to re-think the terminology?

January 26, 2023 | Alison Buckler and Faith Mkwananzi

This blog is published ahead of an online webinar on 8 March: Am I a Girl?: Defining the adolescent stage of life, and its impact on educational opportunities. The term ‘out-of-school’ to describe those not engaged with formal education is one-dimensional. It pitches their (non-)enrollment status as the defining issue in…

Young boy draws a tree through a photovoice project, Lake Chad region.

Voices of the children of the Lake Chad region: Co-constructing knowledge and advocacy for social change in protracted armed conflict and crisis contexts using photovoice

January 25, 2023 | Margaret Ebubedike, Tajudeen Akanji, Afu Isiah Kanuck, Adaobi Nwoye and Abdulaziz Mala

This blog reports on networking research which used photovoice with a group of children and young people in the Lake Chad region to provide a means of meaningful participation in research about their lives, experience, and wellbeing needs.

Two girls laughing on their lunchbreak at Hidassie School, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

International Education Day 2023: Prioritising education through investment

January 24, 2023 | UKFIET

The fifth International Day of Education will be celebrated on 24 January 2023 under the theme “to invest in people, prioritise education”.

Call for Abstracts is Open!

January 23, 2023 | UKFIET

The conference will be held on 7 September online and between 12 and 14 September at the University of Oxford Examination Schools  (with some hybrid options).  The call for abstracts is now open,  with a deadline of 17 March. 

A young girl and boy smile at the camera in a classroom in Sierra Leone

Remedial education to support learning loss threatened by cuts to development aid

January 23, 2023 | Lindsay Brown

The data is in: The COVID-19 global pandemic has been one of the most destructive events for student learning across globe, with the worst effects among the most vulnerable students – those in low-income and/or conflict-affect contexts. Globally, 1.5 billion students in 188 countries were unable to attend school in-person.

Boy sits at his desk in the classroom looking at the camera, Amazon jungle, Peru

Ed Tech in Peru: If You Build It, They Might Come (But Probably Not)

January 18, 2023 | Santiago Cueto

This is the story of a succession of initiatives implemented in Peru during the past 13 years to promote learning through the implementation of a variety of educational technology programmes. I trust that the lessons learned, sometimes painful, and the challenges we are still unable to untangle will help others…

Rohingya children sitting on the floor drawing pictures of what they witnessed in Myanmar. They are at a UNICEF child friendly space at Batukhali refugee camp in Bangladesh, where art therapy and counselling help Rohingya children recover from the trauma they have experienced.

Mitigating Learning Loss: how to regain lost literacy after Covid school closures

January 16, 2023 | Colin Alfred

The World Bank has estimated that ‘learning poverty’ – children unable to read and understand a simple text by age 10 – has increased from 53% before Covid to a new level of 63% globally and 70% in several lower middle income countries (LMICs). And UNESCO reports that: “In low-income…

Grandfather and village chief Mai Unguwa Ali Abdullahi sits with his granddaughter Mariam Isah, 8, in Nigeria. The village chief wants his granddaughter to become a doctor or nurse to help her community but Mariam wants to become a teacher to help other children learn.

Linkages between Political Participation and Educational Attainment in Nigeria: What Does the Data Say?

January 11, 2023 | Fredo Bankole and Wilsohn Arnold Alabi

This blog explores the relationship between educational attainment and political participation using evidence from RISE data collection in Nigeria.

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Visualising Conversations for Change: the Future of Education for Global Climate Justice Conference

January 9, 2023 | UKFIET

‘Conversations for Change: the Future of Education for Global Climate Justice’ was a one day conference hosted by UKFIET in November 2022. It was an opportunity for critical dialogue and collective envisioning for how education can and should be transformed to ensure it remains vital, relevant and equitable in the…