Wednesday 22 January 2020

International Education day - Universal access to education for all



The United Nations General Assembly designates 24th January as International Day of Education in celebration of the role of education for peace and development.

It is necessary as not all children have access to education.

These free academic resources will help you find out more.


Data

World Inequality Database on Education (WIDE)
 Highlights how socioeconomic status, gender and ethnicity can effect access to education and outcomes.  compare over 160 countries worldwide compare by gender and other characteristics. Data is sourced from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), national household surveys and learning achievement surveys.

Global Education Monitoring Report (formerly known as the Education for All Report) measures progress towards the education targets in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework.

World Bank Education Statistics (EdStats)
international education data compiled by the World Bank and other international organisations such as UNESCO. These cover a wide range of topics ranging from access to attainment, expenditure, policy, and learning outcomes for all educational levels. Most materials from 1998 onwards. extensive coverage of education and development studies related topics.

UNESCO Institute of statistics has other useful resources on inequality 
Journal articles.

Search for references (and many full text links) to academic journal articles and reports covering all aspects of education worldwide using ERIC which is supported by the US government

Unesdoc Digital library
Contains bibliographic records of documents and publications published by UNESCO since 1945. Increasingly links to full text are provided. The database also includes references to books and reports acquired by the UNESCO library service covering all aspects and levels of education.

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