Creator
Manos Antoninis
Manos Antoninis is the director of the Global Education Monitoring Report produced by Unesco.
Senegal has lessons for sub-Saharan countries on how to build literacy and numeracy in primary schools
Learners should be taught in their home language and they need textbooks. Teachers must be part of curriculum reforms and know how to use teaching guides.
The government must do more to stop bogus colleges from operating
The government is cracking down on unlicensed education institutions but they persist, and weak oversight is allowing them to operate without any nod to equity and quality teaching
International Day of Education: Countries set realistic goals for 2030
The original sustainable development goal for education treated all countries as equal; however, global targets have now been localised, providing a more realistic framework
Early education can play a powerful role in fostering inclusion
The positive effect on the children has spilled over into the local community and improved social cohesion
Unequal educational outcomes are about more than enrolment
Young people study from textbooks that reinforce stereotypes and omit women’s historical contributions
Migrant children’s education must be ensured, not promised
Although the education of children of immigrants is protected in the Bill of Rights, it is labelled an offence in the Immigration Act