The second edition of the Global Education Monitoring Report (GEM Report) presents the latest evidence on global progress towards the education targets of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
With hundreds of millions of people still not going to school, and many not achieving minimum skills at school, it is clear education systems are off track to achieve global goals. The marginalised currently bear the most consequences but also stand to benefit the most if policy-makers pay sufficient attention to their needs. Faced with these challenges, along with tight budgets and increased emphasis on results-oriented value for money, countries are searching for solutions. Increased accountability often tops the list.
The 2017/8 GEM Report shows the entire array of approaches to accountability in education. It ranges from countries unused to the concept, where violations of the right to education go unchallenged, to countries where accountability has become an end in itself instead of a means to inclusive, equitable and high-quality education and lifelong learning for all.
The report emphasises that education is a shared responsibility. While governments have primary responsibility, all actors – schools, teachers, parents, students, international organizations, private sector providers, civil society and the media – have a role in improving education systems. The report emphasises the importance of transparency and availability of information but urges caution in how data are used. It makes the case for avoiding accountability systems with a disproportionate focus on narrowly defined results and punitive sanctions. In an era of multiple accountability tools, the report provides clear evidence on those that are working and those that are not.
In the present report, the Special Rapporteur reviews the role of equity and inclusion in strengthening the right to education, in particular in the context of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The Special Rapporteur concludes by calling for states to take significant, positive actions to tackle discrimination, inequity and exclusion in education to ensure that the Sustainable Development Goals are met.
Este documento enumera los instrumentos internacionales que se refieren al derecho a la educación de las personas detenidas con sus disposiciones pertinentes.
This document lists the international instruments that refer to the right to education of persons in detention with their relevant provisions.
Based on extensive evidence gathered from many different sources - detainees and civil society as well as governments and the international community - this report attempts to portray the reality for prisoners and charts the legal obligations that are neglected or often absent. Assessing the situation, the report proposes a set of strong recommendations.
Dans ce rapport, le Rapporteur spécial explique que l’éducation est bien plus qu’un facteur de progrès, elle est un impératif en soi. Les prisonniers se heurtent pourtant à d’importantes difficultés en matière d’éducation, en raison de plusieurs facteurs d’ordre environnemental, social, organisationnel et personnel. L’objectif du Rapporteur spécial est d’apporter des éléments d’information aux gouvernements et aux parties intéressées et de les aider dans les efforts qu’ils déploient pour s’attaquer à ces facteurs et pour élaborer des pratiques optimales afin que le droit à l’éducation des personnes détenues soit respecté, ce qui n’est pas le cas à l’heure actuelle.
This General Comment 6 of the Committee on the Rights of the Child interprets the Convention on the Rights of the Child as regards the treatment of unaccompanied and separated children outside their country of origin. Paragraphs 41 to 43 and 63 and 90 refers to the right to education.
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This General Comment 10 of the Committee on the Rights of the Child interprets the Convention of the Rights of the Child as regards children's rights in juvenile justice. Paragraph 18 and 89 refer to the right to education.