@jordannaidoo1@Education2030UN I’ve been a critic of Unesco in past but after reading the recent Mopan review I wonder whether Burnett and ithees like me are reinforcing a self fulfilling prophecy? Time to look again at Unesco? https://t.co/jdyza63P6b
France was the donor that increased its funding the most from 2016 to 2017, by a total of US$207 million. This is in line with the announcement that France would increase its official development assistance to 0.55% of its gross national income by 2022 https://t.co/OeZ49zAf5u
Very encouraging to work with this great group at a forum on strengthening social dialogue in the education sector in four African countries @eduint contributes to the Norwegian Teacher Initiative
A good #teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of #learning 👨🏾🏫👩🏿🏫❤️✏️📚
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"To reform an education system: what a task! How does one even begin?" @DaveEvansPhD offers five essential lessons for new ministers of #education 📝
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Donors’ aid to the poorest countries is falling as part of a decade-long trend, says OECD’s aid watchdog DAC. Development assistance to Sub-Saharan Africa fell by 4.4 per cent last year.
DAC Chair Susanna Moorehead says it is “a very worrying trend.”
https://t.co/xGoZ7Xkqat
'Successful education systems in the 21st century will do whatever it takes to develop ownership of professional practice by the teaching profession.'
READ my article @teacherACER https://t.co/odS9P7GSou
African education research is often not used/not valued - huge problem when policies aren't contextually grounded. New "African Education Research Database" by @REAL_Centre is hoping to address that by curating research into an online system https://t.co/SsQS4KTeOA
Average financial return to a year of schooling is 9%. One of the most profitable investments. Returns to higher ed keep growing, and returns are higher for females. Results from an excellent compilation of returns to ed literature by my colleague @hpatrinos y G. Psacharopoulos
Exciting news! Senegal’s Education Minister is the first Vice Chair of our Board of Directors. We're thrilled to have Serigne Mbaye Thiam's extensive experience and leadership in this new role: https://t.co/VoFr6Tlldh
Helen Clark @HelenClarkNZ wrapping up the annual advisory board meeting for the very excellent Global Education Monitoring Report @GEMReport, for which she is the new board chair and which she chaired superbly.
#Teachers have the primary responsibility for providing quality instruction, but are expected to do more than teach. Growing emphasis on accountability places new burdens on teachers & can undermine trust & motivation #CountOnME https://t.co/5uRaFIK12s
New @GEMReport policy paper shows that aid to education, after years of stagnation, increased by 13% to reach a high in 2016 #FundEducation https://t.co/6kHk2T5geC
Sub-Saharan Africa, , which is home to half of all out-of-school children, used to receive half of the total aid to basic education, but its share has continued to fall for seven years in a row, reaching 24% in 2016 #FundEducation https://t.co/6kHk2T5geC