GLOBAL EDUCATION MONITORING (GEM) REPORT 2022

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• The Global Education Monitoring Report 2022 was released by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Key Points of the Report

• South Asia has experienced fast education expansion in the past 30 years, and India is working as the driving nation in this region.
• In India, in the last 8 years, of every 10 new schools established, 7 are private independent schools.
• The report highlighted that inadequate supply and quality of public education, combined with parental aspirations, have driven private education growth in India.
• The report says that in India “Only 46% of adults agreed that providing school education is the primary responsibility of the government, this is the lowest share amongst 35 middle-and high-income countries globally.”
• The report highlighted that in India, there is a mass increase in the rates of private tutoring, with nearly 61% of secondary school students taking private tutoring due to the poor quality of school education.
• The report stated that nearly 75% of students in India and Pakistan, and 25% in Nepal are in private schools that receive no state support.
• In India, there are nearly 4,139 unrecognized madrasas that educate over 500,000 students.
• The report mentioned that there are regulations and guidelines against teachers providing tutoring to their students, and at present no licensing or registration is required to set up private tutoring.
• The survey found that;
  • 73% of parents chose private schools as public schools did not meet quality standards and did not provide quality education.
  • 12% of parents chose private schools as they offered English-medium education.
  • 10% of parents chose private schools because public schools were not available

UNESCO

• The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN).
• It aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.
• It has 193 member states, headquartered in Paris, France.
• UNESCO was founded in 1945 to promote peace, sustainable development and human rights by facilitating collaboration and dialogue among nations 

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