Tag: Inclusive Education

Education is a powerful tool for social mobility and cultural integration. However, it is one of the largest hurdles for migrants—particularly for forcefully displaced migrants, given their more vulnerable condition and lack of resources to pay for private education.

The paper ‘Why Student Aid Matters? Roadblocks to the Transition into Higher Education for Forced Migrants in Chile‘ explores educational gaps between migrants and natives in Chile, a country that provides free public education to newcomers.

The paper confirms previous findings that show that migrants have lower advancement and enrollment rates than natives at every school level. Moreover, it finds that financial aid applications constitute a major roadblock preventing migrant students from accessing higher education.

INEE have launched the second Mind the Gap report now in French.  The report, ‘Mind the Gap 2: Seeking Safe and Sustainable Solutions for Girls’ Education in Crises’, is part of the ongoing policy series on girls’ education in crisis and conflict.

The report reviews the data available on the current status of girls’ and women’s access to quality education and training in contexts of crisis since the first Mind the Gap report. It  identifies the significant gaps in data and reporting that remain.

The report highlights the following thematic areas: distance education and the digital divide, school-related gender-based violence, and girls’ education during climate crisis.

The report is now available in English and French.

Why do we celebrate World Braille Day?

World Braille Day is a chance to raise awareness of the issues impacting those who are visually impaired.

Braille is a tactile way of writing that’s used by people who have sight impairments. It’s a special code made from six raised dots on a grid. There are 63 different combinations of these dots, which means braille can be translated into different languages. Those who are visually impaired can read these dots using their fingertips to feel the patterns.

World Braille Day is all about inclusion and diversity. It’s important that children are aware of other’s differences, and gain an awareness of varying needs and requirements. By celebrating World Braille Day, it helps children to think about important questions relating to additional needs, and expands their knowledge of others in our society.

It can be difficult for children to empathise with those who are different. However, by introducing simple activities that show them first-hand what it’s like to live without sight, we can develop their ability to support others.

Check out some free Braille resources.

Meet Habibatou, future nurse.

A young mother aged 18, Habibatou lives in the Alibori district and attended the Gonarou school in the Gogounou commune. While school was out in 2020, Habibatou became pregnant and did not return to school when classes resumed.

“When school resumed after the COVID-19 lockdown, many of our students did not come back, mostly girls. We recorded eight cases of pregnancy and felt powerless”, explained Aminatou Bake, Director of the Wara school in Alibori’s Gogounou commune.

Habibatou Dia could have been one of them. However through engaging in sensitization efforts in her community and with the support of her father and teachers, Habibatou completed her year and received her certificate, following the end-of-year exams.

“I was able to take up great challenges like returning to school after giving birth, getting my certificate and pursuing my studies”, said Habibatou.

“Now I dream of becoming a nurse.”

Read more about Habibatou and her story on the UNESCO website.

El Salvador has become the first GPE partner country to access the Girls’ Education Accelerator (GEA). The country will use the $15 million grant to tackle gender norms from an early age and support gender-equitable learning assessment from early childhood to secondary school.

The grant furthers the girls’ education component of the national Crecer Juntos (Growing Together) early childhood education policy which is part of the World Bank programme “Growing Up and Learning Together: Comprehensive Early Childhood Development”.

More information is available in the following languages:

Spanish.

French.

Arabic.

Russian.

Chinese.

STiR has recently completed a research study with Microsoft Research India. This study aimed to understand the applicability and experiences of lifelong learning, as understood through teacher metacognitive capacities, motivation, the ability of teachers to mitigate prevailing Covid-19-related challenges, and teachers’ beliefs and outlook for their futures.

The study is one of the largest surveys ever conducted on teacher motivation and metacognition with a participation of 5,110 teachers from Delhi and 4,729 teachers from Karnataka. The study lasted eight months from October 2021 to May 2022.

The highlights of this study are given below:

1. Survey results as well as in-depth interviews with teachers in Delhi indicate that all teachers perceive themselves as motivated and fundamentally adaptive (metacognitive) teachers.
2. All teachers associate themselves with being lifelong learners.
3. All teachers have pointed out the importance of two factors in their professional development, motivation and learning.
4. Results suggests no overlap between teachers’ feelings of burnout and their ability to think or act metacognitively.