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Show the world that you believe in the transformative power of learning. Join the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) campaign and tell everyone why you are a lifelong learner.

By supporting UIL’s campaign, you are endorsing the view that the #RightToEducation pertains to all ages. Support the paradigm shift in learning and education systems to ensure people of all ages, from all backgrounds, can access the knowledge they need to lead decent lives and promote sustainable development.

How to get involved:

• Upload a photo of yourself on the campaign platform and add a sentence explaining why you are a lifelong learner;
• Use the ‘share’ function on the platform to share your photo and statement on LinkedIn, Twitter or Facebook, using the hashtag #ImALifelongLearner;
• Tag people in your network who support lifelong learning for all so they, too, can join the movement.

The sixth Global Education Monitoring Report, Technology in education: A tool on whose terms? has been released alongside 20 background papers and more than 200 PEER country profiles on laws and policies on technology in education.

The report states that regulations for technology set outside of the education sector will not necessarily cover education’s needs. The focus should be on learning outcomes, not digital inputs. To help improve learning, digital technology should be not a substitute for but a complement to face-to-face interaction with teachers.

It is released alongside a #TechOnOurTerms campaign, calling for decisions about technology in education to prioritize learner needs after assessing whether its application would be appropriate, equitable, evidence-based and sustainable.

Following the successful completion of the REVIS – REsponding to VIolence against children in Schools and adjacent settings project, the work on reducing violence in schools continues in a new project: CARING – Challenging social and gender norms to reduce violence against children in school.

The CARING project, running from 1 May 2023 to 30 April 2025, is co-funded by the European Union, and is coordinated by Terre des Hommes Romania.

The project’s overall ambition is to decrease gender-based violence (GBV) in the 32 participating schools in Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Greece.

This is to be achieved by equipping around 1200 facilitators, school staff and management, parents, as well as youth with increased awareness of harmful social and gender norms and behaviors, as well as knowledge on how to challenge them and to promote positive ones.

Follow the project and its progress on the ChildHub website.

Behind the Pages is a podcast from the INEE-NYU Journal on Education in Emergencies (JEiE) and features interviews with authors about innovative approaches and the progress and challenges of delivering education to some of the world’s most underrepresented populations.

On this episode of Behind the Pages, Su Lyn Corcoran and Jean-Benoît Falisse discuss takeaways from their research for education policy, including insights on teachers’ pay and working conditions, programming to support students with disabilities, and remote learning during COVID-19 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Syria. Both pieces of research were published in JEiE Vol. 8, No. 3 – Special Issue on Education in Pandemics (December 2022).

Behind the Pages is available on the INEE website and wherever you get your podcasts.

It’s here!

The Arabic translation of our very own research article, “Home Learning for Children in Low-Income Contexts during a Pandemic: An Analysis of 2020 Survey Results from Syria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.” is now available for download.

During the school closures of COVID-19, EENET and Norwegian Association of Disabled developed guidance materials for all learners that encouraged appropriate, achievable, and low-stress learning activities in easy-to-read and visual formats, which are now available in online and printed formats. These materials were informed by an online survey that captured a snapshot of the extent to which home learning support and resources were provided, and recorded the perspectives of parents, families, and education professionals about learners’ situations in 27 countries in the months leading up to July 2020.

In this article, we focus on survey responses from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Syria describing the inclusive home learning provision available during the COVID-19 school closures. We compared these findings with responses from other countries and identified four key areas of learning that emphasize the importance of localized approaches to inclusive education, drawing on community networks, and positioning teachers and parents as important community resources for education in emergencies.

Feel free to share the articles in Arabic, English, and French with your personal and professional networks!

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) launched the Girls’ Education Challenge (GEC) in 2012 and since then has added a Phase II of the programme which covers the period 2017-2025.

Phase II focuses on 41 projects operating in 17 countries.  The two expected outcomes overall are:
• Improved learning outcomes for marginalised girls; and
• Increased transition through key stages of education, training, or employment.

The Independent Evaluation of Phase II is the latest report from the GEC, launched this month.

It has a thematic focus on disability and looks at the ways GEC projects have supported girls with disabilities and the impact on these girls, their teachers, families and communities.

Read the full report for information about the evaluation and its conclusions.

It’s the little things, being able to use a quiet room, not having to wear a uniform that feels uncomfortable or being able to use an exit pass to leave the classroom when you’re too overwhelmed to speak.  These simple things can change now and can make such a difference.

This recent Education Report from the National Autistic Society (UK) is full of examples that demonstrate the power that small adjustments can make to the lives of autistic children and young people. The report includes recommendations such as allowing students to use exit passes and fidget toys in class. Changes like these could be made tomorrow, and drastically change the experience of autistic pupils.

Read the full report for more recommendations.