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Save the Children launches publication on children education |
Jul 2010 Save the Children has released a publication titled The Future is Now: Education for children in countries affected by conflict. The publication looks at how more children can access education, how education quality can be improved and how education must be recognised as part of emergency response.
It presents examples of replicable good practice from Afghanistan to the Democratic Republic of Congo and sets out recommendations to ensure that children affected by conflict and emergencies get the education to which they are entitled. To download the report click here
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BANGLADESH: CAMPE congratulates founder on knighthood |
Jul 2010 Fazle Hasan Abed, Founder Chairperson and Advisor of the Campaign for Popular Education (CAMPE) will be given a knighthood by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for services in tackling poverty and empowering the poor in Bangladesh and abroad.
Mr Abed is to be appointed Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George (KCMG), and is the first person of Bangladesh origin to be honoured with knighthood by the British Crown since 1947.
The award is a recognition and testament to the vision, courage and dynamism of Fazle Hasan Abed, and to his work spanning four decades in education, health, human rights and social development, and for bringing development services to the doorstep of millions of the poor in an effort to eradicate poverty in Bangladesh and countries in Asia and Africa. |
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VSO releases two new reports |
Jul 2010 VSO International has released two publications for its staff, volunteers and partners addressing advocacy needs and the value of good teachers.
The first publication is a toolkit for VSO staff, volunteers and partners packed with useful guidelines, planning and analysis tools.
The second is a report titled ‘How Much is A Good Teacher Worth? New VSO Ethiopia Valuing Teachers report’
The report seeks to provide evidence to policy-makers about what needs to be done to increase teacher morale in Ethiopia. |
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EI Outrage at Iranian Teacher's Execution |
Jul 2010 Education International (EI) is calling on campaigners to send a protest letter to Iranian authorities after teacher trade unionist Farzad Kamangar was executed in secret on 9 May.
The 35-year-old member of the Teachers' Union of Kurdistan was accused of "endangering national security" and "enmity against God". Although the Iranian authorities had accepted Kamangar’s appeal, the case stalled when it should have been sent to the Supreme Court for review. After further delays, Kamangar’s lawyer was told that his file had been lost.
EI General Secretary, Fred van Leeuwen, said: "We are all deeply shocked and saddened to hear that Farzad Kamangar has been executed. His case was particularly troubling to our 30 million members because of the opaque and secretive manner in which his trial was conducted, the lack of basic rights he had access to whilst in prison, and the fact that neither his family nor legal representatives were informed of his execution. This is a terrible day for teachers, union activists and human rights."
To send a protest letter to Iranian authorities click here
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WOZA protests on state of education in Zimbabwe |
Feb 2010 Nearly 1000 members of Women and Men of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) began a peaceful protest in Bulawayo on 13 January to hand over the WOZA report on the education system in Zimbabwe entitled 'Looking Back to look Forward'.
To the Mhlahlandlela Government, Pambazuka news has reported. However, the police dispersed the group before they were able to hand over the document. The report covers recommendations and a list of demands that parents want addressed by the Minister of Education, Senator David Coltart. It includes demands for quality teaching, more discipline in schools,
no more teacher demands for top-ups from parents, a new and relevant curriculum and reasonable fees. For the full story click here
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