Accountability in education Social Media

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Accountability in education Social Media

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  • NEW @GEMReport looks at different ways people & institutions can be held accountable for reaching SDG4 #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017 (animation)
  • NEW @GEMReport says don’t just blame the teacher when the system is at fault #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017 (cartoon)
  • Linking sanctions/rewards to school tests can have detrimental effect on learning for the disadvantaged #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017 (cartoon)
  • .@GEMReport: Accountability in edu must start w/ governments- the duty bearers for the right to education #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017 (cartoon)
  • New @GEM Report says stop the blame game. Reaching our global education goal is a shared responsibility #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017 (cartoon)
  • .@GEMReport calls on all of us to hold governments accountable for education commitments #CountOnMe Bit.ly/GEM2017
  • #WhosAccountable for the 250 million people missing from data? asks new @GEMReport #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017
  • .@IrinaBokova Education is a shared responsibility. We must tackle its failures together #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017
  • .@IrinaBokova Accountability defines the way teachers teach, students learn, & governments act #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017
  • Donors & int. orgs need to commit to clearer roles &responsibilities for helping countries achieve #SDG4 #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017

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JUST RELEASED: 2017/8 @GEMReport asks #WhosAccountable for reaching our global education goal? It calls on us to stop the blame game for education’s problems: we ALL play a part in ensuring we have access to a quality education, from students and teachers, right up to the United Nations. While responsibilities are shared, accountability for education starts first and foremost with governments. They must make sure not to blame people for education problems if they are outside of their control. Blaming teachers for bad learning outcomes can push them into a corner and have negative impact on learning, including marginalizing the weakest students. Read the full report: Bit.ly/GEM2017 Join the campaign: #CountOnME

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2017/8 Global Education Monitoring “Accountability in education: meeting our commitments”, has just been released. The Report highlights the responsibility of governments to provide universal quality education and stresses that accountability is indispensable in achieving this goal. The Report warns that disproportionate blame on any one actor for systemic educational problems can have serious negative side effects, widening inequality and damaging learning. “Education is a shared responsibility between us all– governments, schools, teachers, parents and private actors,” said UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova. No approach to accountability will be successful without a strong enabling environment that provides actors with adequate resources, capacity, motivation and information to fulfil their responsibilities. Read the full report: Bit.ly/GEM2017. Join the campaign: #CountOnME

NEW @GEMReport says don’t just blame the teacher when the system is at fault #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017

Governments:

  • The right to education often means little in practice. It is only enshrined in law in 55% of countries #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017
  • ¼ of countries are not reaching education funding targets #WhosAccountable Bit.ly/GEM2017
  • Transparency is crucial to accountability but only 1/6 govts publish annual education monitoring reports #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017

The right to education often means little in practice. It is only enshrined in law in 55% of countries #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017

  • Governments must establish credible education plans with clear targets and lines of responsibility #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017 (cartoon)
  • When formal mechanisms fail citizens play vital role in holding govs to account for meeting their right to education Bit.ly/GEM2017
  • In the US parents & media successfully lobbied for the removal of climate change denial from textbooks #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017
  • In South Africa and Chile, students used protests to freeze hikes in university tuition fees #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017
  • Media is key to #accountability: the closer a school in Uganda to a newspaper, the more likely it received its funds Bit.ly/GEM2017
  • In the @EU there’s a higher risk of corruption in contracts in education than in construction #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017
  • Strong, independent institutions are also needed to hold governments to account for education #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017
  • Setting and enforcing regulations on teacher qualifications or health & safety are crucial #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017

Governments must establish credible education plans with clear targets and lines of responsibility #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017

Teachers

  • #Teachers have primary responsibility for providing quality instruction, but are expected to do more than teach Bit.ly/GEM2017 (cartoon)
  • Growing emphasis on accountability places new burdens on teachers & can undermine trust & motivation #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017 (cartoon)
  • Peers, community, parents and students also have roles in holding teachers accountable #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017
  • Can students evaluate teachers without reflecting personal bias? #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017 (cartoon)
  • Don’t be quick to blame: 1/2 teacher absenteeism in Indonesia in 2013/4 was due to excused time for study #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017 (Data Viz)
  • Don’t be quick to blame: In Senegal, only 11.6% of missed school days in 2014 were due to teacher absence #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017 (Data Viz)

    

The pressure of accountability tasks can create stress and demotivate #Teachers Bit.ly/GEM2017

International Organizations

  • Accountability is conspicuous by its absence in foundation document of @UN Sustainable Development Goals #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017
  • Int. organisations are responsible for supporting countries to meet their global education commitments #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017 (cartoon)
  • Accountability of international actors in relation to the SDG goals is diluted by realities on the ground #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017
  • There is a stark lack of follow up mechanisms when donors fail to deliver on their aid pledges #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017
  • The share of aid to education has fallen for six years in a row #WhosAccountable #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017
  • Donors must be careful of results-based payments that shift risk to countries that are least prepared #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017

Int. organisations are responsible for supporting countries to meet their global education commitments #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017

Private Sector

  • Governments have little control when markets become a monopoly #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017 (cartoon)
  • Stricter regulation of private sector involvement is needed to ensure profitability doesn’t trump equity & quality Bit.ly/GEM2017
  • Spending on private tutoring is expected to exceed US$227 bil by 2022. Stricter regulations are needed #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017 (cartoon)
  • Private tutoring, paid out of pocket, widens the education advantage gap between haves and have-nots #CountOnME Bit.ly/GEM2017 (cartoon)

  

  • Less than 1 in 5 countries guarantee 12 years of free and compulsory education #WhosAccountable Bit.ly/GEM2017
  • Less than 1 in 7 primary school teachers are trained #WhosAccountable Bit.ly/GEM2017
  • More than 100 million youth cannot read #WhosAccountable Bit.ly/GEM2017
  • 4/5 primary schools in SSA have no electricity #WhosAccountable Bit.ly/GEM2017
  • A quarter of schools do not have access to water #WhosAccountable Bit.ly/GEM2017
  • Aid to education has been stagnant since 2010 #WhosAccountable Bit.ly/GEM2017
  • Less than half of children have basic reading skills #WhosAccountable Bit.ly/GEM2017
  • The richest are 5x more likely to attend pre-primary education than the poorest #WhosAccountable Bit.ly/GEM2017
  • Only 7% of teacher training programmes cover education for sustainable development #WhosAccountable Bit.ly/GEM2017

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