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UNICEF’s work to strengthen education systems. UNICEF works with communities, schools and Governments to build strong, innovative education systems that enhance learning for all children. We support data collection and analysis to help Governments assess progress across a range of outcomes and strengthen national Education Management ...
- Early Childhood Education
Quality pre-primary education is the foundation of a child’s...
- Early Childhood Education
- Inclusive, equitable, safe and healthy schools. Education is in crisis. High rates of poverty, exclusion and gender inequality continue to hold millions back from learning.
- Learning and skills for life, work and sustainable development. There is a crisis in foundational learning, of literacy and numeracy skills among young learners.
- Teachers, teaching and the teaching profession. Teachers are essential for achieving learning outcomes, and for achieving SDG 4 and the transformation of education.
- Digital learning and transformation. The COVID-19 crisis drove unprecedented innovations in remote learning through harnessing digital technologies. At the same time, the digital divide excluded many from learning, with nearly one-third of school-age children (463 million) without access to distance learning.
Jun 23, 2022 · Transforming education systems: Why, what, and how. Rebecca Winthrop and. Rebecca Winthrop Center for Universal Education Global Economy and Development. The Hon. Minister David Sengeh. June 23 ...
- System-Wide Approaches
- Human Capital: The Virtuous Circle of Improving Teacher Quality
- Governance and Macro–Micro Level Bridges
- Availability of Resources
Most of the texts that we analyzed stressed the importance of considering the approaches to system-wide improvement taken in different educational systems. In some cases, critical views of single reforms (“silver bullet” interventions) or single school improvement strategies were used to emphasize the need for a system-wide focus. A common limitati...
The need to invest in human capital, especially teachers, was the most salient specific driver in the literature we explored. There were different views and approaches, some stressing the importance of promoting collaboration among teachers, others the importance of considering teachers' needs and expertise. Some stressed training, while others emp...
Changes in governance are also mentioned in the literature as relevant components of reforms aimed at system-wide improvement. Levin (2012) stresses the importance of paying attention to implementation processes. “Announcements followed by documents and a few training sessions will not change what happens in a large, complex system.” Within the abi...
Several authors also mentioned the importance of effective allocation of resources aligned with core goals and improvement strategies to support improvement efforts (Levin, 2012; Osmond-Johnson & Campbell, 2018). In some cases, such as New Zealand and Chile, funding was funneled toward disadvantaged schools to promote equity (Cox, 2004; Dinham et a...
Education transforms lives and is at the heart of UNESCO’s mission to build peace, eradicate poverty and drive sustainable development. It is a human right for all throughout life. The Organization is the only United Nations agency with a mandate to cover all aspects of education. It has been entrusted to lead the Global Education 2030 Agenda ...
The education sector is shifting and evolving towards a more explicit, active commitment to addressing gender-related barriers within and beyond the education system. This shift is being accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic with more NGOs, local governments as well as national governments recognizing the role education has in promoting gender-transformative change.
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Oct 9, 2023 · One framework for understanding power as it relates to decisionmaking in education systems planning and transformation is Dr. José Cossa’s “ Five Qualities of Power.”. Dr. Cossa’s ...
