Global Education Monitoring Report UNESCO

📢 On 18 August at 14:00, the #GEMReport will launch 'East Asia: Lead for technology' report at #GSE2025.

It explores how education leaders in China, Japan and the Republic of Korea are driving digital transformation in education.
➡️ bit.ly/4mqgY8d

#LeadforLearning

📢 On 18 August at 14:00, the #GEMReport will launch 'East Asia: Lead for technology' report at #GSE2025.

It explores how education leaders in China, Japan and the Republic of Korea are driving digital transformation in education.
➡️ bit.ly/4mqgY8d

#LeadforLearning

4 in 5 children in Africa finish primary school, but only 2 in 10 can read or do basic maths.
To close this gap, the African Union is validating CAF-Africa, a new framework to harmonize learning assessments in line with #SDG4.
👉 bit.ly/4m7TK7o
#BornToLearn

🚨 133 million girls are #OutOfSchool.
The 2025 #SDG4Scorecard by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics and the #GEMReport shows that progress for girls is stalling, and in some countries, reversing.

Explore the data: bit.ly/sdg4scorecar...

How do we measure meaningful youth engagement in education policy?
The #GEMReport is developing the Global Youth Indicator, a new tool to track youth participation in policymaking.
Coming early 2026: a joint report with @unyouthaffairs.bsky.social.

#WorldYouthSkillsDay #Youth2030 #YouthLead

On #WorldPopulationDay, new UN data shows: the school-age population in 2025 will be 48.6M higher than expected.
If enrolment data is not updated, #OutOfSchool numbers can appear to rise, even if access has not changed.
The 2025 #SDG4Scorecard explains why: bit.ly/scorecard2025

Donors are shifting from grants to loans, putting education at risk.
Today, 60% of aid to education is grant-based. But rising debt means 2.1B people live in countries that spend more on interest than on education.

We must help governments #FundEducation!
bit.ly/2025aidtoedu...

Join us for Digital Tides: Navigating EdTech in Pacific Classrooms, an online webinar organized by the #GEMReport, Australian Council for Educational Research & Catalpa International, exploring how education systems are responding to the rise of EdTech.
Register now: bit.ly/4lHuOmq
#TechOnOurTerms

When schools closed during the pandemic, #Uzbekistan kept learning going.
By using national TV it showed that inclusive education does not need high tech, just smart policy.
More in the #WorldEducationBlog by Harry Anthony Patrinos and Syedah Aroob Iqbal: bit.ly/4l9NqeU

Today is #KiswahiliLanguageDay!
Did you know that many of our publications are translated into Kiswahili?
Read the summary of the #2023GEMReport and look out for the 2024/5 report in Kiswahili coming soon:
bit.ly/3XPYzbU

Joshua Opey, Chairperson of the Commonwealth Youth Council and youth advisor to the #GEMReport, speaks on behalf of 1.5B young people.
His message is clear: protect education financing where it is needed most.
#FundEducation 👉 bit.ly/3TSPagC
#FFD4

Jutta Urpilainen, Chair of the #GEMReport Advisory Board, calls for urgent action as the global education financing system is failing those who need it most.
We urgently need to rethink how we #FundEducation.
➡️More in the latest #WorldEducationBlog: bit.ly/3Ia7jUw
#FFD4

Only 29% of humanitarian education appeals were funded in 2024.
In a world of growing crises, fragmented & inconsistent data is holding back effective funding.
We need better data to #FundEducation!
Read #WorldEducationBlog by #GEMReport & @educannotwait.bsky.social: bit.ly/3TkVwVO

The global military budget consumes in 2.5 days what is allocated to education aid in a whole year.
Meanwhile, 272M children, adolescents and youth are #OutOfSchool and education aid is falling.
We must #FundEducation!
➡️ bit.ly/2025aidtoedu...

#FFD4

“Education is a long-term investment.”
In a new #WorldEducationBlog, MEP György Hölvényi urges donors to treat the education funding crisis as a chance to rebuild trust and reform aid.
Read his call to action: bit.ly/4nqx8Qi
#FundEducation #SDG4 #FFD4
@europarl.europa.eu ‪‪I @ipned.bsky.social

“Education, not arms, builds lasting peace.” – Manos Antoninis, #GEMReport Director.
As #FFD4 opens in Seville, the message is clear:
If we want peace, equity and resilience, we must fund what builds them.
It is time to #FundEducation: bit.ly/2025aidtoedu...

Education in crisis funding is hard to track, and even harder to coordinate.
To #FundEducation more effectively, we need aligned data systems, shared standards, and cross-platform collaboration.
More in the joint paper by #GEMReport and @educannotwait.bsky.social:
bit.ly/2025fundeduc...

❗️Only one-fifth of education aid goes to low-income countries - those with the biggest funding gaps.
Since 2016, aid to basic education has dropped from 40% to 30%.
To #FundEducation effectively, we must realign education aid with global priorities.
bit.ly/2025aidtoedu...

Education aid is fragmented:

64% of bilateral aid is now delivered through short-term projects. Only 17% supports national systems.

Poor countries juggle an average of 25 donors, while grants are shrinking and loans rising.

#FundEducation: bit.ly/2025aidtoedu...

Only 29% of education funding needs were met in 2024 humanitarian appeals.

Education is one of the most underfunded sectors in crisis response.

This must change.

Explore new data in the #GEMReport and @educannotwait.bsky.social policy paper: bit.ly/2025fundeduc...

#FundEducation

"In the face of deepening crises & shrinking aid resources, we must deliver smarter, faster & locally. This begins w/ better data+stronger coordination to ensure no child is left behind."~ @yasminesherif.bsky.social

🆕 @gemreport.bsky.social & ECW policy paper
educationcannotwait.org/news-stories...

“Our ability to fund #EiEPC is hampered by disjointed data. It's time our tracking systems reflect this reality for children caught in protracted crises."~ Manos Antonini, @gemreport.bsky.social Director

New #GEMReport–#ECW policy paper👇
educationcannotwait.org/news-stories...

Aid to education is projected to fall by a quarter by 2027.
It already dropped by 12% in 2024.
Meanwhile, 272M children & youth are #OutOfSchool.
We must #FundEducation now!
Explore more in the #WorldEducationBlog: bit.ly/4njknXO
#FFD4

Education in crisis is increasingly funded by development aid, not humanitarian budgets

Explore why data is in distress and how we can #FundEducation more efficiently in the new paper by #GEMReport and @educannotwait.bsky.social: bit.ly/2025fundeduc...

Just 10 donors provided over three-quarters of all education aid in 2010-2023.
Now, as aid declines, education spending could be halved in some of the world’s most vulnerable nations.
Too much depends on too few. We must #FundEducation now!
See the data: bit.ly/2025aidtoedu...

Education aid is set to fall by a quarter by 2027.
Meanwhile, 272 million children are out of school.
And in low-income countries, just 1 in 10 students can read by the end of primary.
We need to #FundEducation now!
➡️ Explore the NEW #GEMReport publication:
bit.ly/2025aidtoedu...

How can countries improve higher education without the data to guide them?
In sub-Saharan Africa, just 27% of higher ed stats are reported globally.
Explore more in the #WorldEducationBlog by Francesc Pedró, Mathias Bouckaert & Vanja Gutović, @unesco.org:
bit.ly/4kYvZOg

How can countries #FundEducation when debt is swallowing their budgets?
In many low- and lower-middle-income countries, interest payments rival or exceed education spending.
Explore more in the latest #WorldEducationBlog: bit.ly/4k3lsQF

#Education makes people more accepting of migrants and refugees:
✅ 53% with tertiary,
✅46% with secondary,
✅ 39% with primary education or less support the same or increased levels of immigration.
bit.ly/45A7yQh
#WorldRefugeeDay #WithRefugees

New data is putting the out-of-school picture in Africa into perspective.
In Sudan, conflict pushed the #OutOfSchool estimate from 6.6M to 11.4M.
In Somalia, new data reveals 3.7M out of school for the first time.

Explore the 2025 #SDG4Scorecard: bit.ly/2025sdg4scor...