Focus Articles
In each edition of the GEM Report, the Monitoring Section provides focus articles highlighting key issues that are shaping progress towards SDG 4. Here we provide a selection of these articles related to the themes of the SCOPE website.
Accès
Preschool leadership needs attention
Rapport GEM 2024Leadership in early childhood centres and preschools is critical.
Will micro-credentials challenge traditional higher education degrees?
Rapport GEM 2023Despite being part of the ‘three Rs’ of basic skills taught in schools, writing – unlike reading and mathematics – is rarely included in standardized learning assessments.
Equité
Peers affect individual education outcomes
Rapport GEM 2024The composition of social groups can have a major impact on student achievement, educational trajectories and other relevant outcomes.
First-generation students have it hard everywhere
Rapport GEM 2023One group that is not mentioned at all in the SDG 4 framework is first-generation learners, i.e. learners who are the first in their family to attend a particular level of schooling.
Apprentissage
Mathematics anxiety negatively affects mathematics performance
Rapport GEM 2024Mathematics anxiety and low mathematics performance are closely linked and potentially exacerbate each other
Can leadership be taught?
Rapport GEM 2024Whether leadership can be taught is an old debate reflecting the question of nature vs nature.
Qualité
School infrastructure must adapt to climate change
Rapport GEM 2024Two types of climate-related adaptations stand out: thermal comfort and resilience to natural disasters such as storms and floods.
‘Teacher shortages’ is used to describe different problems which require different policies
Rapport GEM 2024‘The term ‘shortage’ is used to describe phenomena with different causes – insufficient supply and insufficient demand.
Financement
New funding sources of scholarships are emerging
Rapport GEM 2024Non-state actors outside of the Global North have been taking on a more prominent role in providing international scholarships.
Are school principals’ salaries attractive?
Rapport GEM 2024Financial compensation is an important motivating factor for attracting and retaining talented individuals in school principal positions.