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Author:   UN Millennium Project
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.666kg
ISBN:  

9781138471894

ISBN 10:   1138471895
Pages:   204
Publication Date:   30 September 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Task force members -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Millennium Development Goals -- Executive summary -- Part Setting the stage -- Chapter-1 The task force’s contribution -- Task force methods -- Audience and organization of the report -- The contribution of the task force -- Chapter-2 Education and society: multiple benefits, unrealized potential -- Education is society’s main instrument for reproducing itself and can be a key ingredient for social change -- Education is an end in itself and has tremendous benefits for individuals and society -- The benefits of education are conditioned by the context -- Chapter-3 The Goals and the history of goal-setting in education -- A host of factors affect enrollment and retention rates -- Learning achievement needs to be measured -- Conclusions and future prospects -- Part Education systems in developing countries: income, institutions, and incentives -- Chapter-5 Education systems in developing countries -- High-performing educational systems can achieve results even with limited resources -- Countries with low-performing systems need to address a variety of governance problems -- Conclusion -- Chapter-6 Strategies for creating more and better educational opportunities -- Strategy : get out-of-school children into school -- Strategy : create better institutions, increase transparency, and provide better incentives -- Chapter-7 Financing the education Goals -- Part . Forging an international compact for education: roles and responsibilities of donors and developing countries -- Chapter-8 A global compact for basic education -- Chapter-9 What donors should do -- Recommendation : support bold political leadership and provide firm financial commitments to make Education for All and the Fast Track Initiative work -- Recommendation : reform the donor business -- Recommendation : use a transparent accountability framework for reporting -- Recommendation : invest in genuine evaluation -- Chapter-10 A call to action -- Appendixes -- Appendix-1. Commissioned papers for education report -- Appendix-2. Summary of the civil society e-discussion on the education report of the Task Force on Education and Gender Equality -- Appendix-3. Success stories in policy interventions toward high quality universal primary education -- Appendix-4. Data issues -- Appendix-5. Major initiatives that promote the Millennium Development Goals on education and gender equality -- Appendix-6. Need for postprimary education -- Notes -- References.

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