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Understanding parental perceptions and their involvement in children’s learning through the lenses of accountability: Evidence from rural India

by Rajalaxmi Singh and Ricardo Sabates | May 30, 2024 | Learning

India has made substantial progress in achieving universal enrolment in primary education, with almost all children being enrolled in school. Nonetheless, learning remains a challenge, particularly in rural areas. Read More

It’s high time to rethink existing approaches to educational accountability

by Yifei Yan | Apr 24, 2023 | Learning, Teachers

A headteacher in England, took her own life after her school was rated “inadequate” in the latest round of inspection conducted by the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills—better known as its acronym Ofsted. Before this shocking tragedy, many surveys already noted an alarming number of teachers… Read More

Engaging schools and communities to support children’s learning

by Ricardo Sabates and Suman Bhattacharjea | Oct 8, 2020 | Learning

This blog was written by Ricardo Sabates (REAL Centre, University of Cambridge, UK) and Suman Bhattacharjea (ASER Centre, Delhi, India). It outlines lessons learned from...

Educating teachers as researchers in Japan, Malawi and Thailand

by Foster Gondwe | Jan 2, 2018 | 2017 UKFIET Conference

This blog was written by Foster Gondwe, Instructor in the School of Education at Chancellor College, University of Malawi. For the 2017 UKFIET conference, 23 individuals were...

How much value do Value Added Models provide for the quality of schools?

by Rachel Outhred | Nov 20, 2017 | 2017 UKFIET Conference

Rachel Outhred, Education Theme Lead, Itad The anticipation of the value that Value Added Models (VAM) might bring to developing an accountability measure for school quality has...

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: UNICEF Think Piece Series

by Sharon Tao | Oct 30, 2017

What is a UNICEF Think Piece? UNICEF is commissioning a series of Think Pieces that aim to promote fresh and cutting-edge thinking on how to improve the quality of education in...

GEMR Report Launch – Accountability in Education

by UKFIET | Sep 15, 2017

Launch date: Tuesday, 24 October, 2017 The second in the new GEM Report series, the 2017/8 Report, will continue its assessment of progress towards the Sustainable Development...