Education and Employers
Research Digest - September 2022

Publications

From learning recovery to education transformation 

UNESCO, UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), UNICEF, The World Bank, & The OECD 

This report presents findings from a survey on National Education Responses during the Covid-19 School Closures. The core themes of the research findings are addressed according to the five RAPID key policy actions. Each analysis is complemented by a discourse of policy implementation required for the long-term transformation of education.

Pathways to transforming education: Proven solutions from social entrepreneurs 

Urvashi Sahni, Roeland Monasch, & Olivier Brechard 

This report combines the learnings at the intersection of education with gender parity, social justice, active and empathetic citizenship, climate change and conflict. The report recognises that access to quality education is a cornerstone of achieving the SDGs. Significant progress has been hindered by the lost years of the global pandemic. The action to redress that imbalance is crucial, land social entrepreneurs are at the frontline of education. This report amplifies such solutions to help political leaders and funders, and we look forward to working with you to catalyse systemic, lasting changes in education. 

UNHCR education report 2022 - All Inclusive the campaign for refugee education 

UNHCR

This report draws on data from more than 40 countries worldwide, enabling UNHCR to paint the clearest picture of the state of refugee education – and illustrate how refugee children and youth are falling behind their non-refugee peers when it comes to access to inclusive quality education. 

We have promises to keep and miles to go before we sleep 

Education Cannot Wait

This report is based on information provided in the programme reports submitted by 27 grantees for 146 active grants during 2021. The results described in the report reflect their hard work and dedication on the ground to support children and youth affected by crises in 32 countries.

Accessible digital textbooks creating digital tools to enable universal design for learning and inclusive education 

UNICEF

This report presents the results of testing the Accessing Digital Textbooks (ADT) prototype in Paraguay. This research tested the usability of the ADT prototype and informed the production, distribution, infrastructure, and implementation phases.2 The ADT prototype produced in Paraguay was tested in ten educational centres with 133 students with and without disabilities. During the pilot, the ADT prototype was used as a teaching tool by ten primary school teachers who guided their students through its use in the classroom. 

Tracking girls’ agency:  An outcome evaluation of diverse programming amongst community-driven organizations in East Africa 

Aubryn Allyn Sidle, Brenda Oulo, & Ninjel Osano

The report evaluates agency outcomes in 13 programs and four countries in a 12-month longitudinal study that utilises a locally developed and validated psychometric measure of agency. The study included 899 female beneficiaries attending programs classified into four categories of program dosage (low, medium, medium-high, or high). The findings show that AMPLIFY
Girls’ organizations are significantly increasing girls’ agency scores in every dosage category. On average, organizations participating in the evaluation increased girls’ agency by 6.55% throughout the evaluation period.

Preparing for change: How tech parents view education and the future of work 

TechUK

This report presents research that reveals that parents working in the tech sector or tech roles today are optimistic about the opportunities for their children in a more automated world. But it is also clear that the education system will need to
change, with education not ending at the school gate but continuing through life.

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We need to transform education for this generation to be prepared for the future 

Manos Antoninis and Silvia Montoya 

Re-Imagining policy discourses concerning the participation of young women in STEM-related TVET in Ghana

Alice Amegah

Ignored, punished, and underserved: Understanding and addressing disparities in education experiences and outcomes for black children with disabilities  

Harold Hinds, Leonard D.T. Newby, & Hailly T.N. Korman 

Girls are now performing the same as boys in mathematics  

GEM Report

A call to action on the follow-up of the Transforming Education Summit commitments  

GEM report

Transforming education, transforming the world 

Yasmine Sherif 

We need to transform education for this generation to be prepared for the future 

Manos Antoninis and Silvia Montoya 

New estimation confirms out-of-school population is growing in sub-Saharan Africa 

GEM Report  

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