Tag: Inclusive Education

Imagine a world where students can easily move around and cross borders to pursue their studies. With the imminent entry into force of the Global Convention in 2023, this goal will be closer than ever.

On 5 December 2022, the Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education welcomed its 19^th and 20^th ratifications when two Member States, Iceland and Andorra, deposited their instruments of ratification. With a total number of 20 ratifications, UNESCO and its Member States mark a decisive turning point on the road to more inclusive and equitable higher education for all when the Global Convention enters into force and becomes legally binding for its States Parties in the early months of the new year 2023.

A new policy brief published by INEE this month advocates for and highlights the benefits of disability-inclusive early childhood development in emergencies (ECDiE). It includes examples of good practice in disability-inclusive ECDiE programming from around the world; in addition, it provides recommendations for governments, donors, and programmers for a more inclusive ECDiE.

This policy brief was written by Juliette Myers (a friend of ENEET!). It presents the current state of disability inclusive Early Childhood Development in Emergencies programming, and was commissioned by the Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) under the auspices of the INEE Early Childhood Development Working Group.

SuperBetter Children for Health is a curriculum for young adolescents that can be integrated into a school’s curriculum or taught as an extracurricular activity. The curriculum has been co-created by Children for Health and Kelvin Nsekwila, a teacher and the founder of the Tusekwile Imiti Ikula Foundation (TIIF) in Zambia. TIIF provides educational services for the most vulnerable and marginalised children in the district.

Thousands of children in Kenya live and work on the streets – often because they are having problems at home.   In Vihiga County, trained Violence Prevention Activists (VPAs) go out and find children who have run away from home, offer support and help them stay in school.

The VPAs work with parents where appropriate to build honest and open relationships, improving the lives and education of children by addressing the underlying causes that lead to them running away to a life on the streets.   This case study, published in November 2022, hears from one of the VPAs in the field. 

Read more about these home-based interventions on the webpage.  They are part of the LEAP (Learning, Educating And Protecting) Together project, which is run by Chance for Childhood and supported by Theirworld.

As the world changes all around us, achieving universal access to family planning takes on new urgency.  The availability and use of family planning services influences the family planning situation of households and through this the educational participation of young children.

UNFPA recognizes the scale of the challenge – the need, opportunity and responsibility to expand choices and ensure rights amid this evolving landscape.  The ‘UNFPA Strategy for Family Planning, 2022-2030: Expanding Choices – Ensuring Rights in a Diverse and Changing World’, launched on 14 November 2022, reframes UNFPA’s approach towards meeting family planning needs.

Despite important progress in recent decades, the right to education is still far from being a reality for many girls and women.  UNESCO’s interactive tool, Her Atlas, allows users to explore the educational rights of girls and women around the world. With a color-coded scoring system that tracks legal indicators such as constitutions and legislation, the maps make it possible to visually monitor the legal progress toward securing the right to education for women in all countries.

Her Atlas measures the status of national legal frameworks related to girls’ and women’s right to education using 12 indicators. For each country, Her Atlas provides information in a visual and easily understood format.

Based on the information collected and feedback received from States, Her Atlas will be further developed and updated periodically in the lead up to 2030 – the deadline set for the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 4.

Read the new status report presenting the findings of Her Atlas so far.

The 2022 UNHCR Refugee Education Report draws on data from more than 40 countries across the world, enabling UNHCR to paint the clearest picture yet of the state of refugee education – and illustrate how refugee children and youth are falling behind their non-refugee peers when it comes to access to an inclusive quality education.

Check out the education webpage on the UNCHR website for more information and publications on refugee education.

With school closures, education in emergencies responses are shifting to home or shelter-based distance learning (including paper-based and technology-based options). As with in-person education, distance learning is not always designed with the specific educational needs of individual children in mind.

Programmes that use only one delivery mechanism or expect rigid inputs and functional abilities from students exclude children with disabilities and those already at risk of falling behind further.  Addressing these challenges is crucial.

Building inclusion into any education programme requires ensuring that there are multiple ways to share information, motivate learners, and allow children to express themselves.

Take a look at the Inclusive Distance Learning guide by Save the Children which provides information on how to support the designing of inclusive distance learning sessions.

Child marriage limits girls’ access to quality education. When a girl gets married, she is often expected to drop out of school, ending her formal education. As a wife or mother, she is often expected to take care of the home, children and extended family.  Returning to school can be almost impossible for a married girl.

Keeping girls in school is one of the best ways to prevent child marriage. On the Girls not Brides website you will find key facts, impacts, common drivers and solutions on education and child marriage.

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