GEM Report Unesco

Over the past two days, we were pleased to welcome the members of the Global Education Monitoring Report Advisory Board to UNESCO Headquarters in Paris for the eleventh annual meeting of the Board.

Bringing together representatives from UN agencies, bilateral donors, NGOs, youth, civil society networks, UNESCO and leading education experts from across all regions, the Advisory Board provides strategic guidance to help ensure that the GEM Report remains relevant, rigorous and responsive to global education priorities.

Board members reviewed the GEM Report’s activities over the past year and discussed the implementation of its 2025–2030 strategy. They reflected on the impact already achieved through the Countdown to 2030 series, which launched this year with the 2026 on access and equity, and explored how future editions on quality and learning (2027) and relevance (2028/29) can contribute to global education debates.

The Board also focused on how to ensure the lessons from monitoring SDG 4 progress in the GEM Report can frame discussions about the shape of the post-2030 education agenda and support evidence-informed policymaking in a rapidly changing global context.

➡️ Find out more about the Advisory Board and its members: https://bit.ly/4oQTsnA
➡️ Read the GEM Report strategy for 2025–2030: https://bit.ly/3ryRw9I

Across the globe, record-breaking heatwaves are disrupting daily life.

But did you know that children exposed to heatwaves in early life are predicted to lose up to 1.5 years of schooling? Studies show that:
🌡️ In the US, each 1°C rise in classroom temperature without air conditioning reduces test scores by 1%.
🌡️ Very hot school days disproportionately impact African American and Hispanic students, accounting for 5% of the racial achievement gap.
🌡️ In Brazil’s most disadvantaged areas, students lose 1% of learning each year due to rising temperatures.

These are part of a broader pattern of climate shocks — floods, droughts, and natural disasters — that are pushing children out of school and widening learning gaps globally.

➡️ Explore more in the Education and Climate Change paper by the and Sustainability and Education Policy Network Project: https://bit.ly/ccec2024

Let’s make sure every child, no matter the weather or where they live, can !

Nearly half of the world’s 12.4 million refugee children are out of school.

Many also face barriers linked to displacement, statelessness, missing legal identity documents, discrimination and weak access to justice.

The new , Namati and Grassroots Justice Network paper on education and justice shows that education exclusion is closely tied to the strength of the rule of law. Countries with stronger justice systems and lower discrimination tend to have lower out-of-school rates.

Education is not only a victim of injustice. It is also one of the strongest tools societies have to build peace, protect rights and empower people to seek justice.

Because access to education is also about dignity, protection and belonging.

➡️ On , explore how to : https://bit.ly/2026justice-report