Media coverage archive

The EFA Global Monitoring Report generates news and reports throughout the year from all regions of the world. Here is a sampling.

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2010

• An education in conflict
  Al Jazeera - 26 December 2010
  In conflict-affected states, children are being left behind by state and private schooling networks.
• 'Education the solution to economic uncertainty'
  Mail & Guardian online (South Africa) - 9 December 2010
  Governments worldwide should treat education with the same urgency they bring to bear in combating HIV/Aids and global warming, and the private sector must play a far larger role in assisting them to do so.
• Innovative funding vital for education
  Gulf Times (Doha, Qatar) - 9 December 2010
  A levy on transactions between four major currencies, education bonds, a venture fund, debt for education swaps, and developing a market for education credit were among the ideas mooted for funding education at the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) yesterday.
• Unesco sounds alarm on education funding
  Gulf News (Qatar) - 8 December 2010
• Students at The Doha Debates to speak freely on education without freedom of speech
  Zawya Press release (Dubai, U.A.E) - 5 December 2010
• Fun and games come with a lesson via mobile phone
  Global Times (China) - 21 Novembre 2010
• Nigeria: Unesco Decries Falling Standard of Education
  cdhrvta.org (Nigeria) - 15 November 2010
  United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has cautioned that steep drops in aid to basic education in developing countries was threatening to roll back progress made towards achieving the global goal of universal primary schooling
• Giving education a sporting chance
  Mail & Guardian (South Africa) - 25 June 2010
  President Jacob Zuma says the World Cup must focus global attention on "education for all". But will his summit in the last week of the tournament do that?
• Crise económica pode afectar a educação
  Journal de Angola - 14 June 2010
• Edu stands nowhere in govt's priorities list
  The Nation (Pakistan) - 5 June 2010
  Showing dismal state of affairs in education sector the Economic Survey 2009-10 released on Friday indicated that the public expenditure on education as percentage to GDP is lowest in Pakistan as compared to other countries of the South Asian region.
• Facing the Future: Global Education at the Crossroads
  Huffington Post - 21 April 2010
  By Desmond Tutu and Dennis Van Roekel
• China's quiet education revolution 
  Xinhua News (China) - 20 April 2010
  China has attracted global attention in recent times for its inspiring and staggering achievements in the economic arena. The impeccably organized Beijing Olympics in 2008 and the prospects of the biggest expo in history in Shanghai this year have fired the public imagination and worked wonders for national pride.
• India joins list of 135 countries in making education a right
  The Hindu (India) - 2 April 2010
  With the Right to Education Act coming into force, India has joined the league of over 130 countries which have legal guarantees to provide free and compulsory education to children.
• Education is G8's chance to leave a lasting legacy
  The Star (Canada) - 25 March 2010
  Despite all the summits, high-level meetings and high-blown rhetoric, progress toward the United Nations' Education for All goal of universal primary education by 2015 has been disappointing – and we are heading steadfastly for an avoidable failure.
• An issue where Canada needs to lead
  The Globe and Mail (Canada) - 23 March 2010
  Educated children have slippery hands, says Jordan's Queen Rania – they just can't hold on to anything
• Lack of transparency undermining primary education in Africa
  The Guardian (UK) - 23 February 2010
  Transparency International's report looking at education systems in seven African countries, including Uganda, raises concerns over financial accountability in schools and a lack of interest among parents in how schools are run.
• Less children go to school after the financial crisis
  Sveriges Radio (Sweden) - 16 February 2010
  The financial crisis make it more difficult for children to access education. 56 million children are estimated to stand outside education systems in 2015, warns Unesco’s annual report on ‘Education for All’.
• Tangible Targets at School
  The Hindu (India) – 10 February 2010
  According to the ‘EFA Global Monitoring Report 2010’ (UNESCO), India’s rank was 105 among 128 countries. And it continues to figure, along with a bunch of African and one or two Asian countries, such as Pakistan and Bangladesh, in the group of countries with a low educational development index (EDI).
• L'objectif de l'éducation pour tous ne sera pas atteint en 2015
  Le Monde (France) - 6 February 2010
  Sombre tableau que celui dressé par le rapport mondial de suivi sur l'éducation pour tous de l'Unesco, paru fin janvier. Avec 72 millions d'enfants encore non scolarisés, des budgets nationaux en berne et des aides bilatérales et internationales en baisse, la réalisation de l'enseignement primaire universel pour 2015, un des objectifs du Millénaire fixés par les Nations unies, est quasiment hors de portée.
• Unesco alerta para os impactos da crise econômica mundial na educação
  TV Globo (Brazil) - 29 January 2010
  No Brasil, a falta de qualificação da mão-de-obra começa a entravar o desenvolvimento. (Interview with Samer Al-Samarrai from the Global Monitoring Report Team)
• Global Challenges Should Not Hamper Education For All - DPM
  Bernama (Malaysia) - 27 january 2010
  The Deputy Prime Minister said that although the recent global monitoring report on the EFA indicated that some member countries of the Southeast Asian countries from achieving the Education For All (EFA) targets by 2015.
• La educación, amenazada por la crisis
  Rioja2 (Spain) - 25 January 2010
  La UNESCO alerta en su informe sobre educación mundial de que la desaceleración económica y el aumento de la pobreza podrían frenar los progresos logrados en la última década en esta materia.
• Lapus points out gains in improving education
  Philippine Daily Inquirer (Philippines) - 24 January 2010
  Education Secretary Jesli lapus defended the Philippines’ track record on education reform, on Sunday, saying a recent United Nations (UN) report critical of the country’s accomplishments overlooked some bright signs in the last three years.
• "Hay una ´generación perdida´ de chicos que nunca irán a la escuela"
  Clarín (Argentina) - 24 January 2010
  Es la conclusión del último informe sobre educación mundial que Unesco presentó el martes.
• School's out - Education of the poorest varies widely among countries
  The Economist online (UK) - 22 January 2010
  UNESCO proposes the term “education-poor” for people with fewer than four years of schooling, much as people are deemed poor if their income falls below $2 a day.
• Summary of media coverage in Latin America and the Caribbean (PDF)
• Reaching the poorest
  The Economist (UK) - 21 January 2010
  Enrolling the world’s poorest children in school needs new thinking, not just more money from taxpayers
• La Unesco advierte de que la crisis puede dejar una "generación perdida" de niños sin escolarizar
  El Pais.com (Spain) - 21 January 2010
  La crisis económica ha provocado un recorte de los presupuestos educativos de los países en desarrollo y de la ayuda a estas naciones proveniente de las más ricas.
• India still home to largest illiterate population: UNESCO
  The Hindu (India) - 20 January 2010
  India still has the largest number of illiterate adults in the world, but has made “rapid advances” in cutting down the numbers of school drop outs, a new UN report on education has said.
• Des classes itinérantes pour les laissés-pour-compte de la scolarisation au Kenya
  Le Monde - 20 January 2010
• Recession is crippling hope for universal primary education, UN warns
  The Guardian (UK) - 20 JAnuary 2010
  Education For All report says decade of improvement in African schools could be undone by dwindling flows of aid
• UN: RP trails Tanzania, Zambia in education
  Philippine Daily Inquirer - 20 January 2010
  The United Nations has warned that the Philippines is in danger of leaving the poor behind when it comes to their education.
• Financial Crisis Threatens to Set back Education Worldwide: UN
  Cri (China) - 20 January 2010
  The global financial crisis threatens to deprive millions of children in the world's poorest countries of an education, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, with a knock-on effect on future economic growth, poverty reduction and progress in health and other areas, according to a United Nations report
• MDGs and challenges of fragile states
  The Guardian (Nigeria) - 20 January 2010
  OF all low-income countries, those that are unlikely to attain the objectives of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are the ones referred to as fragile states.
• UN says financial crisis will make it harder for poor countries to get more children in school
  The Canadian Press - 20 January 2010
  The world financial crisis not only hurt balance sheets but could sabotage poor countries' efforts to get more children into school, according to a report released Tuesday by the U.N. education agency.
• Crisis threatens education
  The Straits Times, Singapore - 20 January 2010
  The global economic crisis threatens to deprive millions of children in the world's poorest countries of an education, the UN's culture and education agency Unesco said in a report on Tuesday.
• UNESCO identifies Africa as region for priority action in education
  People's Daily, China - 20 January 2010
  A new United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) report released here Tuesday identifies sub-Saharan Africa as a region for priority action in ensuring children's education, especially during the current global economic downturn.
• Don’t Let Economic Crisis Create A Lost Generation
  Scoop (New Zealand) - 20 January 2010
  Education International stands with UNESCO in its urgent call to action for the international community to invest in sustained aid to provide quality education for the most marginalized and poorest learners worldwide.
• UN Report: Crisis Will Keep Children Out of School
  New York Times (United States) - 19 January 2010
  The world financial crisis not only hurt balance sheets but could sabotage poor countries' efforts to get more children into school, according to a report released Tuesday by the U.N. education agency.
• Topical focus page: Education for All: Global Monitoring 2010
  AllAfrica.com - 19 January 2010
• Weltweit 72 Millionen Kinder ohne Chance auf Bildung
  Der Spiegel (Germany) - 19 January 2010
  Die Zahl der Kinder ohne jede Schulbildung sinkt weltweit - aber sehr langsam. Fern ist das Ziel, bis 2015 allen den Schulbesuch zu ermöglichen. Die Unesco fordert mehr Hilfe der Industriestaaten und warnt vor den Folgen der Finanzkrise: Eine verlorene Generation könne die Welt sich nicht leisten.
• UNESCO warnt vor Rückschlägen für die Bildung
  Deutsch Welle (Germany) - 19 January 2010
  Die Folgen der weltweiten Finanzkrise bedrohen den Zugang zu Bildung für Millionen Kinder in den ärmsten Ländern.
• VN-rapport: crisis slecht voor onderwijs
  Trouw (Netherlands) - 19 January 2010
  De financiële crisis in de wereld is niet alleen nadelig voor de begroting van landen, maar verstoort ook de pogingen van arme landen om meer kinderen naar school te laten gaan. Dit blijkt uit een rapport dat UNESCO dinsdag heeft gepubliceerd.
• UN says financial crisis will make it harder for poor countries to get more children in school
  Los Angeles Times (USA) - 19 January 2010
  The world financial crisis not only hurt balance sheets but could sabotage poor countries' efforts to get more children into school, according to a report released Tuesday by the U.N. education agency.
• UN: Education for Poor Children Suffers Due to Global Economic Crisis
  Voice of America - 19 January 2010
  Rising poverty and malnutrition - one of the spinoffs of the global economic crisis - has prevented many children from attending school.  But that's only part of the problem, says Samer Al-Samarrai, one of the study's authors.
• New education fund needed for 72m children
  In The News (UK) - 19 January 2010
  Hot on the heels of a new UNESCO report which reveals a £9.8 billion annual education financing shortfall, Oxfam has called for a new global education fund to provide basic education to 72 million children.
• Financial crisis threatens to set back education worldwide, Unesco report warns
  AllAfrica.com - 19 January 2010
  With 72  million children still out of school, a combination of slower economic  growth, rising poverty and budget pressures could erode the gains of the  past decade.
• UN chief calls for greater efforts to address global educational inequalities
  Xinhua (China) - 19 January 2010
  Education is a fundamental human right, yet it still remains a goal that is difficult to achieve, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said here Tuesday as he called for greater efforts to address educational inequalities, particularly for children in developing countries.
• Global Crisis Threatens Education
  This Day (Nigeria) – 12 January 2010
  The aftershock of the global financial crisis threatens to deprive millions of children in the world's poorest countries of an education, warns the 2010 Education for All Global Monitoring Report.
• Recession has significant effect on education: UNESCO
  Press Trust of India – 11 January 2010
  The global financial crisis has had a significant effect on education, particularly in least developed countries, where rates of drop-outs have increased, UNESCO's new director general, Irina Bokova, said during her first official visit to India.
• UNESCO warns financial crisis setting back education worldwide
  Afrique en Ligne – 9 January 2010
  “We are on the brink of breaking an important promise made by governments in 2000 - the promise of Education for All by 2015,” said Kevin Watkins, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report.
• UN to issue report on impact of global financial crisis on children's education
  China View – 9 January 2010
  Reverberations from the global financial crisis continue to jeopardize the education of millions of children in the world's poorest countries, warns a UNESCO report.

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