This article examines the educational and teacher-related policies in the Sahel region countries over the past decade and highlights main issues that hinder their ability to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. The discrepancy between the current situation and the desired pace of change can be attributed to the lack of prioritization…

The United States Agency for International Development, World Vision, and the Australian government established All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development (ACR GCD) to address problems that prevent children from gaining foundational reading skills. ACR GCD mobilizes the private sector, academia, and nongovernmental organizations in…

Capacity building is ubiquitous in development and education discourse as a means of strengthening approaches to education, among other development goals. However, in crafting a new social contract for education founded in an ethic of care, reciprocity, and solidarity, we must not overlook the significant transformative potential of capacity…

The article is structured into five parts. The first part explains the concept of education in emergencies (EiE) and highlights the challenge of applying it in countries with a fragile education system, particularly in Africa. The second part emphasizes the humanitarian foundation of EiE and recognizes the efforts of international organizations…

Universities across the globe are transforming or upgrading their campus infrastructure to prepare students for the work in the 21st century. Such campus transformations can be important in various ways. For example, universities can introduce innovative learning spaces that support recruitment and enrollment policies on campus. Even though the…

Global citizenship education (GCE) advocates global interdependency and interconnectedness, encouraging students to actively defend social justice, equity, and sustainable development at both local and global levels. When putting GCE into use, educators need specifications to transform it from normative ideals into knowledge suitable for…

Administrative apparatus should be geared to support an innovative climate, offering to work with teachers, teaching them to think creatively, and thus innovatively. (Author/JB)

Presentation of Illich and Reiner's theories of de-schooling, emphasizing the theory's paradox in style and thinking and its utopianism found in its ideas of learning webs and conviviality. (ND)

The author briefly describes the development of education in Costa Rica from 1950 to 1974. Emphasis is placed upon reform-minded national education plans started in 1972. (DE)

Incorporating productive work in the curriculum is seen as an integral part of India's Fifth Plan war against poverty and as a base for self-reliance. Five programmes for reforming India's non-productive education system are outlined, culminating in a suggestion for an educational pause which would allow students to take part in the productive…

A general description of educational development, innovation, and problems in Arab countries is provided. (DE)

The African university's overreliance upon the French university model is examined. The author stresses an African educational system based on its own cultural, social, and economic context. (DE)

The author examines positive and negative effects of increased development upon educational systems. Development overburdens educational systems by providing new needs but also new opportunities for innovation. (DE)

The effectiveness of a decentralized, grass roots approach to innovation, relying on individuals, groups, institutions, and councils, and the problems involved in this approach are discussed. (DE)