Learning Curves: A Global Review of Education and Institutional Care

This Global Thematic Review on Education examines the under-researched relationship between education and institutional care. It uses a rights-based lens rooted in the principle that all fundamental rights are universal, inalienable, interdependent and indivisible. Specifically, it is based on the premise that children’s fundamental rights to both education and family life should and can coexist, but that that indivisibility is currently, at times, compromised. 

This report outlines the findings and recommendations from Lumos’s Global Thematic Review on Education. The information contained in this report was validated via a series of targeted engagements with key stakeholders throughout 2023. This included: a global intergovernmental roundtable, bilateral engagements with actors in education and child protection sectors, a global roundtable with education-focused NGOs, and national-level events including a parliamentary launch of the research in Moldova. The learnings and insights received during these activities have informed this report. This report is complemented by a full research pack of materials, including policy briefs, case studies and event recordings, all of which are available at https://www.wearelumos.org/resources/learning-curves-global-thematic-review-working-paper/.