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Tanzania is Making Education Financing Work Better for All Children to Leave No One BehindThis blog was originally posted on Global Partnership for Education on April 22, 2021 Five years ago, Tanzania advanced equity in education by ending all fees to attend school. Parents who had not been able to afford the fees now…
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Children with disabilities can learn…and the pandemic should be no barrier!This blog was originally posted on World Education Blog on 5 May 2021 by GEM Report By Rita Crespo Fernandez, Humanity & Inclusion Photo credit: Humanity & Inclusion Khursaid, who lives in Nepal, is in the 4th…
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Findings from the IEI’s ‘Learners with Disabilities and COVID-19 School Closures’ SurveyThe second session presented key preliminary findings from the IEI’s “Learners with Disabilities and COVID-19 School Closure” Survey. The World Bank’s Global Disability Advisor, Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo, presented preliminary data analysis from…
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Applying a social inclusion lens to disability-inclusive educationThis fireside chat between Maria-Beatriz Orlando, and the Global Disability Advisor, Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo explored the relevance of applying the social inclusion lens to disability inclusive education as it focuses on the importance of family,…
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Preparing Inclusive Teachers: A Conversation about the World Bank’s Teach Inclusive ToolThis fireside chat between World Bank colleagues Omar Arias, Ezequiel Molina, and Adelle Pushparatnam delved into the evidence and the importance of understanding inclusive teaching practices at the classroom level as well as using World Bank’s…
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Inclusive Education Financing in the Era of COVID-19: What Has Changed? What Needs to Change?The IEI 2nd anniversary capped off with a presentation from Robert Prouty, on the patterns of financing for inclusive education before and during the pandemic, and what this all means moving forward. The pandemic has not been the great equalizer…
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Impact of COVID-19 on the Education of Children with Disabilities in Malawi: Results from a Survey with ParentsThis blog was originally posted on UKFIETby Jenipher Mbukwa-Ngwira, Shruti Taneja Johansson, Nidhi Singal, Eric Umar, Paul Lynch and Gertrude Chatha on March 29, 2021. This blog was written by Ms.…
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World Education Blog - Christophe: A COVID-19 learning hero for blind learners in Burkina FasoThis blog was originally posted on World Education Blog Posted on 12 March 2021 by GEM Report Christophe Oulé became blind when he was 43. “It did not happen immediately,” he said. “It took six months. At first, I felt…
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Sign language in education is oft forgottenThis blog was originally posted on World Education Blog Posted on 11 March 2021 by GEM Report About 34 million children worldwide have disabling hearing loss. Nearly 95% of deaf children are born to hearing parents, for whom…
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Transforming Education in Sierra Leone Continues with Geospatial DataThis blog was originally posted on GPE Education for All on March 04, 2021 by David Moinina Sengeh, Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Sierra Leone, and Alina Game. A teacher computes students' grades for their…
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