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Manos Antoninis

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Manos Antoninis

Manos Antoninis is the director of the Global Education Monitoring Report produced by Unesco.

Senegalese pre-school students receive French and Quran education at a school in Dakar, Senegal. (Photo by Xaume Olleros/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

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.

Academics say claims by politicians and on social media are fueling xenophobia and could compromise their safety.  Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/picture alliance /Getty Images

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

The challenge is multifaceted. It’s about infrastructure, qualified teachers, nutrition, safety, inclusive learning materials and, above all, political will and national coordination. (John McCann/M&G)

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

Roma children make their homeworks after the class on March 20, 2018 at a school in the Romanian village of Boldesti-Scaieni. (Photo by Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP)

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

The department of basic education is providing online resources for learners during the lockdown. But, once again, children with special-education needs are left out. (Graphic: John McCan/M&G)

Unequal educational outcomes are about more than enrolment

Young people study from textbooks that reinforce stereotypes and omit women’s historical contributions

Passport to education: Undocumented children still have the right to an education. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

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