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| Ami Vitale / Oxfam / Mauritania |
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News - Global Action Week Global Action Week is on us! The GCE Global Action Week has got well under way and the extent of the support and actions for Every Child Needs A Teacher going on around the world is quite phenomenal. Campaigners are coming out in droves in over 100 countries. Presidents, Ministries of Education, local politicians and officials are being presented with ‘dossiers’ about teachers that have been conscientiously collected by GCE networks highlighting how serious the problems facing teachers and students in are these countries. So much passion and thought has gone into providing evidence at Big Hearings around the nationally identified issues surrounding the call that ‘Every Child Needs A Teacher’. Whilst the strength of the global GCE coalition is clearly demonstrated through the remarkable similarity of actions around the world, each national coalition has given their own national campaigns unique flavour from massive grassroots mobilisation to local songs, plays, art exhibitions, street festivals and children’s competitions around the themes. The media responses to the events have been overwhelming. For a taste of these go to: http://www.campaignforeducation.org/action/action_media_coverage_gaw.html For more information on what is happening in countries and a full run- down of activities pictures keep visiting the GCE website: www.campaignforeducation.org Here is a taster and if you imagine there are over a hundred of these! Columbia A whole week of exciting activities are planned for the city of Medellin, supported by smaller actions across the regions. Monday 24th will see a forum on the right to education in the Palace of Justice attended by judges and other judicial officials. On Tuesday 25th a special ‘Education Day’ will be held in every education institution in Medellin and Antioch, supported by the trade union movement. For Wednesday 26th, the coalition is planning to focus on two sectors of the city, working with community groups to champion the right to education. Thursday 27th is the day of the Big Hearing in the Council of Medellin, where results of research on costs of education carried out by Corporation Region will be presented. On Friday 28th a public art exhibition will be on show in the ‘Seat of Lights’, supported by a range of inspiring symbolic campaigning activities. Finally, on Saturday a children’s party will be held with messages around ‘Every Child Needs a Teacher’. Imelda Arana Saenz iarana@col-online.com; iaranas@unal.edu.co Tel: +571 245 5437 x 11716 Isabel Sepúlveda (isepulve@region.org.co) Bangladesh As this is election year in Bangladesh, the major focus for the CAMPE - GCE coalition has been on "Constituency Advocacy" and MPs and accordingly local/community level elected representatives (UP members) have obviously become the major stakeholders. Almost all the partner organizations of CAMPE with a coverage of nearly 5 millions households (approximately 25 million mostly grassroots people) are mobilizing these stakeholders to strengthen public opinion and pressurize local and national level decision makers to focus on teachers as the major players in achieving EFA. In most of these areas/locations, teachers, human rights group, child rights forums, women's organizations and media are joining the initiative. Education International affiliates will also support large scale support from the teachers' group. The Big Hearing will be held from 24 to 30 April in more than 30 districts all over Bangladesh. The Big Hearing will then take place in the capital city of Dhaka on 25th April 2006. Rasheda Choudhury: rasheda@campebd.org +880-2-8115769 +880-2-81155031 +880-2-9130427 Mr Mayeen: mayeen@campebd.org The Gambia Results collected recently by the National Assembly on Education monitoring visits to schools (30 schools were visited per region- there are 6 regions), the BESPOR Studies on Teachers in Educational Region 5, testimonies from students on teachers will be presented to the President of The Gambia, Cabinet Ministers and other key policy makers in the form of providing evidence “case for the teacher”. There will also be drama and songs by rap groups and traditional communicators (women who use singing and drama to put across messages related to issues affecting their lives). These will serve as “witnesses” to the “case for teachers”. The Big Hearing on the Quality Teacher for every Student. The President was targeted and it is planned that the Vice President and some cabinet members will attend The process will be documented on video and audio. Banners, posters, flyers and other advocacy materials will be used during the big-hearing. Matarr Baldeh efanet2004@yahoo.co.uk Tel:+220 9924 688 Or +220 449 6666 Adelaide Sosseh asosseh@hotmail.com Haiti Aiming for maximum impact, Haiti’s coalition has been preparing a range of exciting activities for next week which they anticipate will get lots of media attention. During April, information about the realities faced by teachers at the local level has been prepared, supported by photographic evidence. Out-of-school children and parents have shared their views on education and teachers. All of this information is being compiled into a national dossier, that will be presented at a Big Hearing between President Rene Preval and teachers and students on 29th April. Throughout the week the campaign will work with artists’ groups to put on exhibitions and fun activities in schools and other public places. Anne Marie Coriolan repthaiti@yahoo.fr +509 246 3385/3496 cradhaiti@yahoo.com Uganda The Global Action Week is packed with events. Kicking off with Monday being the collection of the dossier for The Case For Teachers. Then on 25th politicians will be going back to schools to hear more about the realities inside the schools. This will also be the day of one of 3 Big Hearings. The second 2 will take place on 27th in Kampala and Bushenyi. The Week will come to a close with the opening of the Teachers Delegates Conference on the theme: Every Learner Needs A Teacher. Excitement is running high in the country with the possibility of all districts taking part in the collection of the children's dossier on the, " need for teachers", which shall be compiled into one document and handed over to the Hon. Prime Minister Appollo Nsimbambi at the national big hearing where guests from the donor community, line ministries and other education stakeholders have been invited. The participation of all districts in the collection of the dossier is a first and a milestone achievement for GCE activities in Uganda. Fred Mwesigye: +256312262154 fenu@africaonline.co.ug |
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