22 Feb 2016
The Glass is Half Full! Technical and Vocational Education and Training and the Sustainable Development Goals By Salim Akoojee
By Salim Akoojee, International Research Associate and Consultant, South Africa and Hong Kong.
After the dust has settled on the somewhat arduous Sustainable ... Read More
04 Jan 2016
Education and Work’s New Lease of Life: The End of Post-2015 and the Start of 2030? By Kenneth King
By Kenneth King, Editor NORRAG News.
Almost exactly a year ago, we told readers of the NORRAG Blog: ‘We [in NORRAG] are looking ... Read More
29 Dec 2015
Disadvantage at the Starting Gate: Early Childhood Education in Pakistan By Huma Zia Faran
By Huma Zia Faran, Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), Pakistan.
The recent upsurge in research on the development of a child’s brain ... Read More
19 Nov 2015
Learning Assessments as Public Goods? By Michel Carton and Velibor Jakovleski
By Michel Carton and Velibor Jakovleski, NORRAG
The intentions behind the “data revolution” in terms of policy-making are relatively straightforward. Data are meant ... Read More
13 Nov 2015
The Need for an SDG Demonstration in Education: Why Wait Till 2030? By Steven J. Klees
By Steven J. Klees, University of Maryland.
The recently approved United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for education, like all the SDGs, is ... Read More
05 Nov 2015
Without a Proper Financing Plan, Let’s Kiss the Education SDG Good Bye By Charles Aheto-Tsegah
By Charles Aheto-Tsegah, National Council for /Curriculum and Assessment, Ghana.
Special gratitude to Burnett and Upadhyay for drawing attention to the essential but ... Read More
02 Nov 2015
What is New for TVET and TVSD in the SDGs’ Agenda? By Michel Carton and Sylvia Garcia Delahaye
By Michel Carton and Sylvia Garcia Delahaye, NORRAG.
The Sustainable Development Goals pay some level of attention to training and skills development, with ... Read More
27 Oct 2015
Whose Learning Should be Prioritized? By Sehar Saeed
By Sehar Saeed, Annual Status of Education Report, Pakistan.
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of all-encompassing goals promising to ... Read More
20 Oct 2015
Technical Vocational and Skills Development and the Sustainable Development Goals: Implications for Developing Countries and for Research By Peliwe Lolwana
By Peliwe Lolwana, University of Witwatersrand.
In this piece I would like to raise two issues about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with ... Read More
08 Oct 2015
A Roadmap to Better Data on Education Financing By Silvia Montoya
By Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), and Elise Legault, Programme Specialist at UIS.
Leaders have pledged to provide every ... Read More