This week the annual Global Education for All Meeting took place in Oman to focus on building and negotiating targets of a future framework for education beyond year 2015. The meeting brought together representatives from UNESCO Member States, Ministries of Education, Education for All convening agencies, the Global Partnership for Education, multilateral and bilateral agencies, UN and regional agencies, teachers, civil society, among others. Twitter was buzzing with recent news that youth delegates at the World Youth Conference endorsed the education at the center of any future sustainable development agenda. Given the importance of the global post-2015 discussions and our views about a stand-alone goal for education, we selected of the top tweets and highlights from the meeting's #GEM2014 Twitter stream. More information on this key meeting can be found here.
Today in Oman: #GEM2014 meeting to place the human right to #education at the top of global dvpt agenda http://t.co/QHUz6C8NRd #post2015
— UNESCO (@UNESCO) May 12, 2014
Today in Oman, global leaders lay out a road map to achieve education for all in #post2015 agenda: http://t.co/DDSWcYHukN #GEM2014
— Global Partnership (@GPforEducation) May 13, 2014
@UNESCO @UN WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATION FOR ALL PROGRAM EMPHASIS MUST BE MADE AND DECLARED OFFICIAL ALLOVER THE WORLD...RURAL KIDS ARE LEFT
— BENEDICT B.MWASOKWA (@MWASOKWABENE) May 12, 2014
Many countries will not reach the Education for All #EFA goals by 2015 http://t.co/y8SJmtUyis via @EFAReport #GEM2014
— Rosa María Torres (@rosamariatorres) May 13, 2014
Director-General @UNESCO emphasises importance of speaking with 1 voice to ensure a successful agenda for education #post2015 #GEM2014
— Pauline Rose (@PaulineMRose) May 14, 2014
RT @PaulineMRose: Emphasis of @unesco director-general speech at #gem2014 on conflict & insecurity impact on #education - #Syria & #Nigeria
— UN Education Report (@EFAReport) May 14, 2014
"It is more expensive for countries to have children out of school than to provide a primary education to all." #GEM2014 @beardmore_sarah
— GRADUATE XXI (@graduateXXI) May 14, 2014
Norway: #post2015 education framework must be ambitious, measurable and compelling, and include means for monitoring #GEM2014
— Pauline Rose (@PaulineMRose) May 14, 2014
RT @paulinemrose: Call from India for #post2015 education doc to include targets for donors along with national govts #GEM2014
— Steve Sinnott Fndn (@SSFoundation) May 13, 2014
Final #GEM2014 statement - no refinement to 7 #post2015 education targets yet, but commit to make changes by end May (incl to equity)
— Pauline Rose (@PaulineMRose) May 14, 2014
1.1M have already voted for good education. What would you choose? @UN #globalvote: http://t.co/oCoFexYWY1 #edpost2015
— Education 2015 (@Education2015UN) May 8, 2014