The “Global Education Monitoring Report” (GEM Report) is an annual publication released by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). Here’s an overview of the report:
Purpose:
- The GEM Report provides a comprehensive assessment of global progress towards achieving education-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly Goal 4, which focuses on ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education for all.
Key Objectives:
- Monitoring Progress: The report monitors progress and trends in education access, quality, equity, and inclusion at the global, regional, and national levels.
- Policy Analysis: It analyzes policies, practices, and challenges related to education systems worldwide, highlighting best practices and areas needing improvement.
- Advocacy and Awareness: The report serves as a platform for advocacy, raising awareness about critical issues in education and promoting dialogue among policymakers, educators, researchers, and other stakeholders.
Key Findings:
- Undernutrition, deficits in critical micronutrients, and anemia affect about one billion teenage girls and women.
- Sixty-eight percent of teenage girls and women with underweight and sixty percent with anemia live in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
- No area is on track to fulfill the global targets set for 2030, which call for a 30% reduction in low birthweight in newborns and a 50% reduction in anemia in teenage girls and women.
- Between 2019 and 2021, the gender disparity in food insecurity more than doubled.
Content:
- The GEM Report covers a wide range of topics related to education, including access to education, learning outcomes, teacher training, curriculum development, education financing, gender equality, inclusion of marginalized groups, and the role of education in sustainable development.
