GEM 2024 Pacific Report Technology in Education
A new UNESCO GEM regional report provides a deep dive into the role of technology in Education in the Pacific.
About the Report
Pacific Technology in Education - a tool on whose terms, draws on primary and secondary data and expert analysis conducted by researchers, research institutes and implementing organisations working in and on the Pacific, as well as Commonwealth of Learning (COL) case studies.
GEM's sixth regional report highlights that appropriate education technology adapted to context improves learning, but the rapid pace in the change of technology can be challenging for many education systems and that it is important to give more thought to the long-term sustainability of their education technology investments.
The report covers 17 countries, Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Tokelau and Vanuatu.
The report is structured around the four key policy areas of the Pacific Regional Education Framework (PacREF) (2018–2030): quality and relevance; learning pathways; student outcomes and wellbeing; and the teaching profession. It concludes with a series of recommendations, which are aligned to those of the 2023 GEM Report and that have been adapted to the Pacific’s context
The report was launched during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2024 in Samoa.
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Pacific Technology in Education - a tool on whose terms?
This regional report investigates both challenges and potentials that technology as a tool and as a process can potentially contribute to, across and within countries, and education levels.