Global inclusive education updates from EENET and other organisations.
[Blog] Learn, Heal, Thrive: The Power of Hospital-Based Schools in MalawiFor International Childhood Cancer Awareness Day, the organisation World Child Cancer wrote about the importance of education for children with cancer: “Beyond medical care, learning provides children with a sense of normalcy, hope, and purpose during their treatment journey.” The blog focusses on Hospital-Based Learning, specifically the Hospital-Based Schools in Malawi. These schools are a … Continue reading [Blog] Learn, Heal, Thrive: The Power of Hospital-Based Schools in Malawi [Blog] School Meals Provide Food for Thought – and Fuel for Development
“Instead of fretting over the lack of progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals, we should focus on enacting practical policies that can make a difference. School-nutrition programs in the poorest countries would reduce levels of hunger and poverty, keep more children in the classroom, and lead to better learning outcomes.” argue G Brown and K … Continue reading [Blog] School Meals Provide Food for Thought – and Fuel for Development [Article] eKitabu parents awareness workshop: Bridging the gap for deaf learners
For families of deaf children, a lifelong learning journey has its many challenges. Parents struggle to communicate with their children amidst feelings of isolation, frustration, and misunderstanding in and outside the home. eKitabu’s GPE KIX research, Scaling Inclusive Early Learning with Deaf Learners, has a deliberately experimental component of family dynamics. With Royal Dutch Kentalis, … Continue reading [Article] eKitabu parents awareness workshop: Bridging the gap for deaf learners [Blog/report] Missing futures: How the systematic undermining of children’s rights in Gaza impacts their ability to learn now and, in the future
This Save the Children blog from November 2024 introduces the Save the Children Report “Missing Futures”. “The ongoing conflict in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, has inflicted unprecedented and potentially irreversible harm on Palestinian children, with consequences that threaten not only their individual futures but the very fabric of Palestinian society for generations to come. To … Continue reading [Blog/report] Missing futures: How the systematic undermining of children’s rights in Gaza impacts their ability to learn now and, in the future [Report] Conference on Scholasticide in Gaza: A Call to Action for the International Education Community – summary report
UKFIET has published an article about the November 2024 conference with a summary report. The event brought together Palestinian academics, UK-based educators, and experts to discuss the devastating impact of the ongoing genocide on Gaza’s education system. The conference aimed to explore the destruction of Gaza’s universities and schools and to propose actionable solutions to … Continue reading [Report] Conference on Scholasticide in Gaza: A Call to Action for the International Education Community – summary report