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Tuesday, 3 de December de 2024Congressmen want to change Pronabec’s scholarship distribution system. Carmela Chávez’s opinion
“This change in profile from a technical and meritocratic representation to a guild representation, of interested parties, generates many problems for transparency and accountability.” Our Associated Researcher Carmela Chávez shares her opinion on the legislative proposal that seeks to reconform the board of directors of Pronabec, as well as to modify the system of scholarships […]
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Monday, 25 de November de 2024
Claudia Sugimaru attended the kick-off meeting of the GPE KIX Observatory on Education System Resilience initiative
The GPE KIX Observatory on Education System Resilience was officially launched. As part of this initiative, GRADE leads the Observatory for Educational Adaptation in Latin America and the Caribbean AdaptED. Along with the six regional implementing partners, the International Development Research Centre of Canada (IDRC) held a kick-off meeting in Ottawa. Our Adjunct Research Claudia Sugimaru […]
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Thursday, 21 de November de 2024
GRADE, in partnership with SUMMA and UNICEF, leads AdaptED: Observatory for Educational Adaptation in Latin America and the Caribbean
We are pleased to share with you the launch of the new project AdaptED: Observatory for Educational Adaptation in Latin America and the Caribbean, led by GRADE, in partnership with SUMMA and UNICEF. The AdaptED Observatory will study educational resilience in the countries that are part of the Global Partnership for Education KIX in the […]
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Friday, 1 de November de 2024
AdaptED – Observatory for Educational Adaptation in Latin America and the Caribbean
This project proposes the establishment of an Observatory of Resilience of Education Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean, focused on SMA partner countries. The Observatory will collect, produce and disseminate evidence, experiences and research relevant to improving the adaptability and resilience of education systems. Using a mixed methods approach, the research will identify existing […]
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Thursday, 31 de October de 2024
Laptops in the long-run: evidence from the One Laptop per Child Program in rural Peru
This paper examines a large-scale randomized evaluation of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program in 531 rural primary schools, as implemented by the Peruvian government starting in 2009. We use administrative and survey data on academic achievement and grade progression through 2019 to estimate the long-run effects of educational technology on i) academic performance […]
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Wednesday, 30 de October de 2024
Placing epistemic justice at the core of educational transformations for a just future
Education has a key role in responding to the calls for transformation considering urgent global challenges. We propose a refocusing of educational efforts on an ‘epistemic core’ so that education can effectively contribute to such transformations. This places knowledge/s—and the ways that young people can all consume, recognise, and produce those knowledge/s—at the heart of […]
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Sunday, 27 de October de 2024
Secondary Education Day: free access publications
La educación secundaria puede ser una intervención de gran transcendencia en el desarrollo de los jóvenes. Estos entran a la secundaria en un momento en que empiezan a transiciones complejas y necesitan entornos que favorezcan el desarrollo de sus potencialidades. En años recientes, la educación secundaria se ha ido convirtiendo en objeto de mayor atención […]
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Wednesday, 16 de October de 2024
Economic inequalities in adolescents’ internalising symptoms: longitudinal evidence from eight countries
Background Research, mainly conducted in Europe and North America, has shown an inequitable burden of internalising mental health problems among adolescents from poorer households. We investigated whether these mental health inequalities differ across a diverse range of countries and multiple measures of economic circumstances. Methods In this longitudinal observational cohort study, we analysed data from […]
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Friday, 11 de October de 2024
International Day of the Girl: selection of recent free access titles
Las experiencias de las niñas en sus propias vidas muestran la importancia de proporcionar entornos seguros, no violentos, inclusivos y eficaces hacia un futuro en el que puedan desarrollar todo su potencial. En el Día Internacional de la Niña, compartimos algunos títulos recientes de nuestras investigadores e investigadores. Varios de estos estudios muestran que, a […]
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Tuesday, 1 de October de 2024
Preparation of the Action Plan 2024- 2034 of the Metropolitan Policy for Early Childhood in the Metropolitan District of Quito
The Metropolitan Municipality of Quito has recently approved the Metropolitan Policy for Early Childhood 2024 – 2034 in order to achieve the comprehensive quality development of children under five years of age in the district. This is the first ECD policy at the national level. UNICEF Ecuador office has requested this consultancy in order to provide technical assistant […]
