The gender edition of the 2023 GEM Report was released on April 25, International Girls in ICT Day, at an event organised by the AU International Center for Girls & Women’s Education in Africa (CIEFFA) and ImpactHER. Technology on her terms warns that exposure to algorithm-driven, image-based content can expose girls to inappropriate material, ranging…
Develop Modern Forms of In-School Assessment Bolotov and Waldman identified the following elements of in-school assessment, in addition to the general principle of criteria-based assessment: Learning goals and criteria for achievement are developed collaboratively; Various assessment techniques are employed, including tests, essays, and portfolios; Students evaluate one another and themselves; There is a shift from…
In accordance with GA Resolution 71/313, the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) will be conducting a Comprehensive Review of the global indicator framework throughout 2024 and will submit its proposed refinements, revisions, replacements, additions and deletions to the 56th session of the United Nations Statistical Commission in March 2025 for…
A new UNESCO factsheet released for International Women’s Day shows where investments in girls’ education need to be stepped up. The 10 countries with the highest out of school rates for girls are all in Africa apart from Afghanistan. In 8 of these 10 countries, over half of school-aged girls are out of school, rising…
It is widely believed that distance learning provides access to education for all students, regardless of whether he lives in a megalopolis or in a remote village. However, a study conducted by Alexandra Hetman and Ksenia Adamovich has shown that this is not always the case. They analyzed how 85 regions of Russia survived the pandemic, and found that the massive transition to online education has only increased educational inequality. The main problems were related to access to digital learning resources. Many families lacked the necessary devices and internet connection, and in cases where there were several children, they had to share a single computer.…
There has been a lot of discussion in recent months on global SDG indicator 4.1.1a on learning outcomes in early grades. As few countries have been able to report on it, its future is at risk ahead of the upcoming comprehensive review of the SDG indicators. We have explained in a recent blog, the technical…
The 2024/5 GEM Report due out in November will examine the requirements of good leadership in education and spotlight the stories of effective education leaders from around the world. With your help, we want to find: teachers or head teachers who have come into a school and made it more inclusive… politicians or civil servants…
The Higher School of Economics (HSE) and Skillbox, an educational platform, have begun work on the first multi-component model in Russia for assessing the quality of digital learning products. The aim of this strategic project is to establish a standard for quality in online courses for the Russian education technology (EdTech) industry. The first stage of the project, which involved studying existing practices and approaches to assessing educational products, was showcased at the Moscow International Education Salon (MMSO) in 2024. It is planned that the model will be finalized by the end of 2024. A multi-component model for assessing the quality of online courses will thoroughly evaluate the product, from…
The Centre has been conducting regular research since 2020 aimed at investigating methods of developing critical thinking in children and creating tools to assess the level of this skill development. Critical thinking refers to the ability to analyze information, evaluate its credibility and relevance, ask questions, and form one’s own conclusions. It is an essential…