Tag: Inclusive 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 disruption to their lives and their education, and what their experiences reveal about education in emergencies more broadly.

Interviews for this qualitative report were carried out with mothers, school children and university students in Ukraine, the Netherlands and the UK by the OPORA Foundation, which is based in the Netherlands and provides evidence-based policy, research and operational solutions for and regarding displaced people.

An accessible Word version of the report is also available.

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 their choices affect their own well-being and that of others; and, understand and ensure the protection of their rights throughout their lives (UNESCO et al., 2018).

Monitoring is key to a better understanding of the gaps in CSE and to building capacity. To address the need for additional data on CSE, the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report, in partnership with UNESCO’s Section of Health and Education, has developed country profiles on CSE.

The profiles provide a comparative perspective of the progress countries are making in relation to CSE.  Each country profile covers five main areas: context; terminology; laws and policies; governance; and monitoring and evaluation.

Fifty country profiles are available to date.

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. Allocating three percent of education budgets to develop programmes that foster social inclusion is an indisputably fair starting point for governments to ensure their inclusive policies are translated to practices that create truly inclusive school communities.

In their 2023 brief “Global State of Inclusion in Education”, they advocate to expand educators’ and policymakers’ understanding of how the vision of international inclusive education is falling short of including all learners, no matter their identity, background, or ability.

EENET stands in solidarity with communities devastated by the earthquake in Syria and Turkey.

As the death toll rises beyond 21,000 with tens of thousands injured after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey and Syria on 06 February 2023, EENET extends our deepest condolences to the families of the victims of the devastating earthquake in southern Turkey and northern Syria, and wish a speedy recovery to the injured, and safety and recovery for those affected.

Schools, hospitals and other medical and educational facilities have been damaged or destroyed by the quakes, further impacting children.

Children in Syria continue to face one of the most complex humanitarian situations in the world. A worsening economic crisis, continued localized hostilities after more than a decade of grinding conflict, mass displacement and devastated public infrastructure have left two-thirds of the population in need of assistance.

Our hearts and thoughts are with the children and families affected, especially those who have lost loved ones or who have been injured.

See the UN news website to keep up to date on the emergency.

The theme for the 2023 International Day of Women and Girls in Science (11 February) is “Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Water Unites Us.”

#WomenInScience

Use this hashtag to join the conversation, defy gender stereotypes and spread the word on the need to include more women and girls in STEM fields and education opportunities.

Take a stance.

Deadline: 1 April 2023.

Three years after the arrival of COVID-19, educators and governments are still grappling with the pandemic’s aftermath. They are working to make up the crucial time lost during COVID-related closures, to position students for successful lives.

The future doesn’t have to be dark. There’s still time to recover learning losses and put a generation of students on track to thrive in the jobs of the future.

The World Bank and Financial Times invite 16-19 year old’s to enter their 5th annual blog writing competition.  This year’s entries must focus on experiences with post-COVID education and ideas for the way forward.

How is your country’s education system recovering from learning losses of the COVID-19 pandemic, and what more can it do to prepare young people for the jobs of the future?

• Participants must be enrolled in high school or a version of secondary education and should be between the ages of 16-19 years at the time of submission.
• Entries can be submitted in English, French, Spanish and Arabic.
• The winning entries will be published in English.
• There is no fee payable to enter the competition.

Deadline: 01 April 2023

Good luck!