A number of major changes have occurred since 2000 (the beginning of the Dakar Education for All framework) that affect the political economy of education policy, provision, and delivery globally and in domestic contexts  

What should UNESCO's milestone 2015 Education for All Global Monitoring Report do?

David Archer of Action Aid asked the question, ‘Should UK aid money be propping up private schools in developing countries?’ in an article published by The Guardian on 5 October 2013. 

My response? Umm... no! 

Here are the facts about low-fee private schooling based on a global review of the literature. This post also appears on the comments section of the original article in The Guardian. 

Amidst the public outcry and rage surrounding the much publicised gang rape and resulting murder of a young Delhi woman and the battery of her male friend last December, a number of questions are being asked by swathes of the general public, not to mention the intelligentsia, women's groups, activists, and international commentators about India's social fabric and, importantly, the place and status of women in it. 

But is the establishment of the first all-women police station in India's northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh really a step forward?