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Global inclusive education updates from EENET and other organisations.

[Blog] Zero Project Awardees 2024 – inclusive education and ICT
The ZERO Project is a global, research-driven initiative to support the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In February it announced the winners of the Zero Project Award. It details 77 solutions from 43 countries around Inclusive Education and ICT. Awardees include: the Timwerenge 365 Digital Book Project, a project … Continue reading [Blog] Zero Project Awardees 2024 – inclusive education and ICT

[Report] Out of School: Assessment on barriers to school enrolment for Ukrainian refugee adolescents in Poland
Since February 2022 it is estimated that more than half of Ukrainian children have been displaced by the war. About 950,000 Ukrainians have fled to Poland. Save the Children has published a report that aims to better understand the impacts of Ukrainian adolescents’ participation in the Polish school system, including barriers to entering Polish schools, … Continue reading [Report] Out of School: Assessment on barriers to school enrolment for Ukrainian refugee adolescents in Poland

[Blog] Young Mothers getting back to school in Uganda
Global Partnership for Education has published a blog about a project to get young mothers back to school. The national laws in Uganda are clear: “All children have a right to education and thus all obstacles to school completion should be removed to keep girls in the schools longer”. However, almost a quarter of all … Continue reading [Blog] Young Mothers getting back to school in Uganda

[Blog] 2024 is the Year of Education
The recent African Union Summit of Heads of State and Government in Addis Ababa officially declared 2024 the ‘Year of Education’, calling on all governments to accelerate progress towards achieving quality education for all.  This has been welcomed by UNESCO. Read UNESCO’s blog with and links to other articles and reports. UNESCO together with Magic … Continue reading [Blog] 2024 is the Year of Education

[Case study] Catch-up classes in Central African Republic
This Global Partnership for Education (GPE) story is about the impact of catch-up classes in the Central African Republic. The poor quality of education here has led to high dropout rates – 47% for girls and 31% for boys at the primary school level. The government aims to stop that number growing, in part by … Continue reading [Case study] Catch-up classes in Central African Republic