Global inclusive education updates from EENET and other organisations.
[UK advocacy] Government responds to the SEND review Green Paper consultationIn 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 … Continue reading [UK advocacy] Government responds to the SEND review Green Paper consultation [Project] Mali – Tapping the power of youth tutors to strengthen and sustain learning
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 … Continue reading [Project] Mali – Tapping the power of youth tutors to strengthen and sustain learning [Report] Resilience and ingenuity: young Ukrainians’ experiences of emergency education
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 … Continue reading [Report] Resilience and ingenuity: young Ukrainians’ experiences of emergency education [Policy] Comprehensive sexuality education country profiles – fostering peer learning through data
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 … Continue reading [Policy] Comprehensive sexuality education country profiles – fostering peer learning through data [Position paper] Special Olympics: Global state of inclusion in education
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. … Continue reading [Position paper] Special Olympics: Global state of inclusion in education