Thematic Research Report series

Thematic Research Reports

241 complete publications covering the years 2005 to 2026.

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241 publications in this series

ICEQC-R-2014-09

Thematic Research Report

Positioning Quality Education within the Post-2015 Development Framework

A global policy synthesis on educational substance, equity, measurement and public responsibility

Quality education should occupy a constitutive, rather than supplementary, position in the development framework being considered for the period beyond 2015. Access, equity, learning, teaching conditions and recognised progression describe connected aspects of one public obligation. A framework that treats access as the goal and quality as an optional qualification risks counting participation without examining its educational substance. A framework that treats measured learning as the whole goal risks excluding children who never enter, do not attend regularly or are absent from assessment. The policy task is to express a concise global commitment without separating conditions that jointly determine whether the right to education is secured.

Research category
Industry Policy and Regional Regulatory Analysis
Report archetype
Policy and Regulatory Synthesis
Geographic scope
Global
ICEQC-R-2014-04

Thematic Research Report

Regional Priorities for a Universal Education Goal beyond 2015

A global policy synthesis of common obligations, differentiated priorities and measurable educational progress

Institutional action on executive summary should be tested against universality concerns the right and its minimum substance. A contrary reading would overlook that differentiation concerns the route, pace, sequencing and additional effort required to realise that right. The formulation of an education goal beyond 2015 presents a double public obligation. The goal must be universal enough to express an equal claim to education and precise enough to expose unequal progress; it must also permit regions and countries to act upon different starting points without converting those differences into weaker entitlements. A common global framework should therefore establish the educational substance owed to every learner, while national and regional plans identify the barriers, institutional capacities and financing measures most relevant to securing it.

Research category
Industry Policy and Regional Regulatory Analysis
Report archetype
Policy and Regulatory Synthesis
Geographic scope
Global