Make it Right: Ending the Crisis in Girls' Education

This new report by the Global Campaign for Education and RESULTS shows that millions of girls are being forced out of school because of poverty, child labour, early child marriage, the threat of sexual violence, inadequate and poor-quality schools.

The report examines 80 poor countries in terms of the gains they have made in girls’ education. The report shows that the Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, India, Iraq, Nigeria and Pakistan are among those countries failing to respect the rights of girls to an education. In sub-Saharan Africa, girls have less than a 50% chance of finishing primary school. In some Asian countries girls also struggle: 41% of girls in Pakistan and 30% in India fail to finish primary school.

The report highlights countries that have been able to improve girls’ enrolment and retention in school, with Bangladesh, Jordan, Senegal, Tanzania, Tunisia and Ukraine among them.

Africa Education Watch : La mauvaise gouvernance menace l’éducation primaire en Afrique

Un nouveau rapport montre qu’un renforcement de la gouvernance est essentiel pour atteindre les objectifs d’éducation dans sept pays.
ADDIS ABEBA, Ethiopie, 23 février 2010/African Press Organization (APO)/ — La mauvaise gouvernance et une gestion inefficace menacent les efforts déployés pour fournir une éducation de base de qualité dans sept pays africains, selon un nouveau rapport publié aujourd’hui par Transparency International (TI).
Le rapport, Africa Education Watch : Leçons de bonne gouvernance pour l’éducation primaire montre qu’en dépit de dix ans d’efforts pour augmenter les inscriptions à l’école à travers l’initiative Education pour tous et les Objectifs du Millénaire pour le Développement, des systèmes et pratiques de gouvernance déficients ou inexistants limitent les progrès.

Abolishing fees boosts African schooling

By eliminating fees, Kenya was able to quickly get 2 million more pupils into its primary schools.

Children, their World, their Education

The Cambridge Primary Review

"Children, their World, their Education: final report and recommendations of the Cambridge Primary Review": soon to be available at the IIEP Documentation Centre

This 608-page report draws on over 4,000 published sources as well as the Review’s extensive evidence from written submissions, face-to-face soundings and searches of official data. Part 1 sets the scene and tracks primary education policy since the 1960s. Part 2 examines children’s development and learning, their lives outside school and their needs, aspirations and prospects in a changing world. Part 3 explores what goes on in primary schools, from the formative early years to aims, curriculum, pedagogy, assessment, standards and school organisation. Part 4 deals with the system as a whole: ages and stages; schools and other agencies; teacher training, leadership and workforce reform; governance, funding and policy. Part 5 draws everything together with 78 formal conclusions and 75 recommendations for future policy and practice.