In the nine sessions of the New Imperatives sub-theme we will be critically examining a number of issues vital to achieving post 2015 learning goals, in classrooms and other learning contexts across the globe – teacher education, early childhood experiences, becoming literate -how and in what language, and developing life skills. Questions that will be […]
How has the expansion of formal schooling in developing countries actually contributed to children’s opportunities to learn and progress? What challenges remain to education systems seeking to reduce inequality of opportunity in the post-2015 climate? Six papers from Young Lives draw together evidence and analysis on these issues from our linked household and school surveys, […]
Language of instruction can be frustrating. The evidence says children learn based on what’s familiar to them. This ideally means teaching in children’s mother tongue, and at worst teaching in a language frequently used in children’s lives. Poor rural children, exposed mainly to local language, need to be taught through local language. However, an estimated […]
A significant opportunity for accelerating progress towards poverty reduction and human well-being will be lost if the post-2015 development agenda does not retain robust sectoral goals which improve upon the current Millennium Development Goals (MDG). At the Basic Education Coalition, we have put forth our recommendations for a Post-2015 education framework and we hope the […]
