Virtual Launch Event: USAID’s Guidance for Promoting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in Educational Materials.
Date: Wednesday 05 April 2023.
TIme: 10am -11:00am EST.
This guidance equips development workers to identify and create educational materials that promote equity and inclusion across the education continuum, from pre-primary through higher education, and within the populations they seek to serve.
Register for the launch event to secure your place.
In early March 2023 the government responded to the SEND review Green Paper consultation by publishing its ‘SEND and Alternative Provision (AP) Improvement Plan: Right support, right place, right time’.
The consultation highlighted very real concerns and a dire need for change in a system that is hampered by inequity, difficult and lengthy processes, and funding shortfalls, and the SEND and AP Improvement Plan outlines the first steps that the government will take in addressing the issues raised.
Nasen responded to the plan citing ‘we feel encouraged by the plan that the government has put before us today. It appears that they have listened, acknowledged the issues, and committed to change. We recognise alignment with Nasen’s vision of an equitable learning experience for all. We acknowledge that this improvement plan is not presented as a finished article, but rather marks the beginning of a new phase. In taking this approach, they are unlocking the true spirit of coproduction, enabling those most impacted to help determine the detail, and offering opportunity to test and learn as the process evolves. Authentic co-production can only be positive.’
Nasen’s full response to the plan is now available to read on their website.
To help bridge educational gaps in Mali, EDC trained 12- and 13-year-olds to provide tutoring to younger students.
Before the pandemic, teachers were taking up the challenge to transform literacy instruction. When the COVID-19 pandemic threatened to derail the effort, EDC trained 12- and 13-year-olds to provide basic instruction outside of school. Older students tutored younger “brothers and sisters” on the alphabet, read simple stories with them, and taught them how to decode words and write simple sentences.
The results were astounding. The tutors and tutees formed strong bonds and learning flourished. After eight weeks, the younger students, who were most in need of support, learned basic literacy skills and could recognize familiar words (0% recognition pre-tutoring, 79% post-tutoring). The tutors felt great pride, and some saw glimmers of a future as a teacher.
February 24, 2023 marks the one-year anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. Amid widespread destruction and loss of life, schools and education have been severely damaged. More than five million children inside and outside the country have had their education disrupted.
Theirworld investigated how Ukrainian children and youths have responded to the immense disruption to their lives and their education, and what their experiences reveal about education in emergencies more broadly.
Interviews for this qualitative report were carried out with mothers, school children and university students in Ukraine, the Netherlands and the UK by the OPORA Foundation, which is based in the Netherlands and provides evidence-based policy, research and operational solutions for and regarding displaced people.
Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) is a curriculum-based process of teaching and learning about the cognitive, emotional, physical and social aspects of sexuality. It aims to equip children and young people with knowledge, skills, attitudes and values that will empower them to: realise their health, well-being and dignity; develop respectful social and sexual relationships; consider how their choices affect their own well-being and that of others; and, understand and ensure the protection of their rights throughout their lives (UNESCO et al., 2018).
Monitoring is key to a better understanding of the gaps in CSE and to building capacity. To address the need for additional data on CSE, the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report, in partnership with UNESCO’s Section of Health and Education, has developed country profiles on CSE.
The profiles provide a comparative perspective of the progress countries are making in relation to CSE. Each country profile covers five main areas: context; terminology; laws and policies; governance; and monitoring and evaluation.
Fifty country profiles are available to date.
In a call to action, Special Olympics is challenging governments around the world to demonstrate their stated commitments to inclusive education policies by allocating three percent of their education funding to high-quality, evidence-based inclusionary practices that fully integrate students with learning disabilities into school communities.
People with learning disabilities represent three percent of the population. Allocating three percent of education budgets to develop programmes that foster social inclusion is an indisputably fair starting point for governments to ensure their inclusive policies are translated to practices that create truly inclusive school communities.
In their 2023 brief “Global State of Inclusion in Education”, they advocate to expand educators’ and policymakers’ understanding of how the vision of international inclusive education is falling short of including all learners, no matter their identity, background, or ability.
With countries seeking effective solutions to protect and invest in the future of their children, school health and nutrition programs are one of the smartest investments they can make. Healthy and happy children learn better and are more likely to lead healthy and fulfilling lives, whereas poor nutrition leads to both physical and cognitive developmental delays.
This series of blogs features experts and practitioners’ views about the importance of school meals to improve children’s learning.
Date: 17-19 March 2023.
The 4th International (virtual) Conference on Education Development and Studies (ICEDS 2023) is dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practice of education.
The ICEDS promotes collaboration between academicians and professionals from education, aiming to build strong networks of leading researchers and pioneers in education worldwide. Furthermore, ICEDS provides an opportunity for academicians and professionals from various educational fields with cross-disciplinary interests to bridge the knowledge gap, promote research and the evolution of pedagogy.
All the researchers, students, scholars and professionals in the related fields are welcome to attend the conferehttps://iceds.org/nce. Please see the website for more information.
EENET stands in solidarity with communities devastated by the earthquake in Syria and Turkey.
As the death toll rises beyond 21,000 with tens of thousands injured after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey and Syria on 06 February 2023, EENET extends our deepest condolences to the families of the victims of the devastating earthquake in southern Turkey and northern Syria, and wish a speedy recovery to the injured, and safety and recovery for those affected.
Schools, hospitals and other medical and educational facilities have been damaged or destroyed by the quakes, further impacting children.
Children in Syria continue to face one of the most complex humanitarian situations in the world. A worsening economic crisis, continued localized hostilities after more than a decade of grinding conflict, mass displacement and devastated public infrastructure have left two-thirds of the population in need of assistance.
Our hearts and thoughts are with the children and families affected, especially those who have lost loved ones or who have been injured.
See the UN news website to keep up to date on the emergency.
The theme for the 2023 International Day of Women and Girls in Science (11 February) is “Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Water Unites Us.”
