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News Headlines Note: Most hyperlinks will open in a new window. Please close the new window in order to be automatically returned to the GCE site. GLOBAL CAMPAIGN FOR EDUCATION BREAKS WORLD RECORD FOR WORLD’S BIGGEST EVER LESSON! 7.5 million children, adults, teachers joined politicians in over 100 countries to learn about the importance of everyone having the chance for a quality education More than 7.5 million children, adults, teachers and campaigners took part in the Global Campaign for Education’s “World’s Biggest Lesson”. The world record for the largest simultaneous lesson in history has been broken already – and the numbers are still coming in. The World’s Biggest Lesson focused on providing a quality basic education to everyone especially the 72 million children and 774 million adults who are currently missing out. All over the world Politicians and Ministers went back to school, were taught the lesson by children before being asked what they planned to do to make sure everyone gets a quality education. 25 April 2008 LATEST NEWS: What’s happening during the World’s Biggest Lesson around the globe! Afghanistan – A new coalition means that Afghanistan is taking part in Action Week for the very first time. Posters were distributed around Kabul and in schools in 13 provinces. The national lesson is taking place in Isteqlal High School in Kabul, with the President Hamid Karzai and Minister of Education expected to attend and give speeches. The lesson will end with a concert of famous Afghan singers. Argentina - About 200 schools and several community centres are taking part in the World's Biggest Lesson in Argentina. National newspapers and the national radio have already started publishing news on Action week. On 23rd April, students will deliver messages they have prepared on improving deficiencies in the education system to the Legislature Judiciary and Ministry of Education. Albania - On 23rd April, schools throughout Albania will take part in the World's Biggest Lesson. Following the Lesson, in Tirana, there will be a football match between children and Members of Parliament as an opportunity for politicians to show their support for the campaign for education in Albania. 23 April 2008 TEACHERS TV PROGRAMME: School Matters: Education for All - Halfway There? At the start of the new millennium, the international community agreed there must be Education for All by 2015 - this programme looks at the impact this drive has already had as we pass the halfway point to the target. We see how physical and cultural barriers are being overcome to deliver education even in the remotest and poorest communities in the world including the children of nomads in the Himalayas and young cattle raiders in Uganda. Watch the Porgramme here: http://www.teachers.tv/video/24840 21 April 2008 GCE PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE STEVE SINNOTT The Global Campaign for Education pays tribute to Steve Sinnott, General Secretary of the National Union for Teachers in the UK, who died suddenly on Saturday 5th April. "The world and the UK have lost a committed campaigner for universal education rights and a great person. Steve Sinnott's personality and passion inspired whoever he met and he will be sorely missed. The impact of his work in improving the education and the lives of both teachers and children in the UK and all over the world will be felt for a long time to come. The GCE and all our education campaigners will miss him and our thoughts are with Mary and the rest of his family." Owain James, GCE Global Co-ordinator: "Steve Sinnott was inspirational in his devotion to teaching, not just for children in Britain, but around the world." Gordon Brown "Steve was a very passionate union leader and a great friend of Education International. He strongly believed that international solidarity is crucial to the success of our movement, and always acted in the spirit of that solidarity." Fred van Leeuwen, EI General Secretary A book of condolences is available online: http://www.teachers.org.uk/ 8 April 2008 UNESCO's ONLINE DISCUSSION ON QUALITY EDUCATION AND INCLUSION In support of this year's Global Action Week UNESCO is organising an online discussion forum on the theme: Quality Education and Inclusion. This discussion will take place from the 1st to the 30th April. The online discussion forums will provide a platform for sharing information, views and good practices. The main themes and key questions that the discussions will address are:
Find out what else UNESCO is doing to support Global Action Week and the World's Biggest Lesson here: www.unesco.org/education/en/efa/global-action-week 31 March 2008 11th MARCH: GCE SENT A MESSAGE TO THE E9 EDUCATION MINISTERS The world's Nine High Population Countries - Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria and Pakistan recently met in Bali, Indonesia to discuss ways of accelerating progress towards the provision of Education For All (EFA). Combined these countries contain more than half of the world's population, where illiteracy, gender disparity and teacher training remain major concerns. The E-9 Initiative was launched in 1993, in attempt to address these challenges, yet only two of the nine countries are likely to reach adult literacy goals and only three are likely to achieve gender parity by the target date of 2015. Attached is the letter GCE sent to the meeting that noted the progress made to date but urged for the fair share of national and donor budgets to be allocated to education, fees & charges to be abolished, plans and polices to be put in place that address adult illiteracy, and the provision of education to marginalised children. Letter to the E9 attached 25 March 2008 CLADE HOLDS WORKSHOP AND CONTINUES TO PROMOTE INITIATIVES ON THE DEMANDABILITY OF THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION The Latin-American Campaign for the Right to Education continues to promote initiatives related to the demandability of the right to education. After publishing and launching the book entitled Las Nuevas Leyes de Educación en América Latina (New Education Laws in Latin America), CLADE held a workshop, to discuss the subject matter, at the end of January in São Paulo, Brazil. The workshop was attended by approximately 50 activists affiliated to the Campaign in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Mexico. According to Camilla Croso, Campaign Coordinator, "the goal was to leverage local entities' ability (national forums and campaigns) to press charge and litigate States that violate the human right to education within their territories." French version | Spanish version 20 March 2008 GLOBAL CAMPAIGN FOR EDUCATION'S 3RD WORLD ASSEMBLY COMES TO A CLOSE Sao Paulo (22nd - 24th January) The Global Campaign for Education's (GCE) Third World Assembly united civil society and campaigners from 85 countries, and 31 international organisations, to reflect on the progress made by the campaign and to determine the campaigns future direction. GCE was set up in 1999 ahead of the Dakar World Education Forum, to ensure civil society input and pressure on all government commitments and progress towards Education for All. Mandated to campaign until the Education for All deadline in 2015, this World Assembly take place at the campaigns mid-way point. The meeting took place at Novotel Jaragua, in Central Sao Paulo from the 22 nd- 24th January, and was attended by 180 campaigners, with close to 300 attending the opening ceremony that was addressed by Luiz Dulci, Brazil's Minister for General Secretary of the Presidency. French version | Spanish version 24 January 2008 GLOBAL CAMPAIGN FOR EDUCATION ISSUES VERDICT STATEMENT ON THE EDUCATION FOR ALL HIGH LEVEL GROUP COMMUNIQUE: "Seven years into the 21 st century it is a disgrace that 1 in 4 women can't read, that in 50 countries over half of children do not finish school. Only a handful of countries achieved gender parity in secondary education in the last five years- it was meant to be met by all countries in the world by 2005. Leaders from donor countries made a commitment in 2000 to ensure that countries have the money they need to deliver good plans. Yes, more money has been mobilised, but it is tiny fraction of what everyone agrees is needed for EFA. Make no mistake - we are off-track on the goals. In some countries EFA will not be realised in our lifetime, let alone in the next 8 years. Kailash Satyarthi, GCE President French version 18 December 2007 KEEP YOUR PROMISES TO THE WORLD'S CHILDREN Global March Against Child Labour has set up a petition to remind government leaders around the world of their commitment to the Millennium Development Goals - to ensure universal primary education and eliminating gender disparity in education. Child labor is one of the main obstacles to achieving education for all children. Add your name to the petition by visiting their website: www.globalmarch.org/campaigns/keepyourpromises 31 October 2007 A CARAVAN FOR LITERACY ENDS ON A HIGH NOTE AT THE OPENING OF THE UNESCO REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON LITERACY: An enthusiastic march with 200 campaigners organised by Jeunesse & Développement Mali, (supported by Action Aid, the African Network of Campaigns for Education For All (ANCEFA) and the Global Campaign for Education ) converged on the Bamako International Conference Centre for the Opening of the UNESCO Regional Conference on Literacy in Mali. This meeting is being attended by the First Ladies of Africa as well as many ministers of education and literacy. 12 September 2007 INTERNATIONAL LITERACY DAY: ONE IN FIVE PEOPLE CAN'T READ THIS! Global Campaign for Education advocates for literacy to be prioritised. Today more than 800 million adults are ill equipped to work their way out of poverty and ill health. Missing out on education, has meant more than missing out on the ability to read this article. Without an education 1 in 5 people, are without the knowledge, empowerment and skills to better their lives, to escape poverty, to protect their children from illness and participate fully in shaping the society in which they live. 6 September 2007 GLOBAL INITIATIVES NEED GLOBAL FINANCING Praise should be given to the new Global Health Partnership, that was launched on the 5th September . This new plan has the potential to make huge progress towards ending the global health crisis. But only if it's backed by international political will and financing from the richest countries. Kailash Satyarthi President, Global Campaign for Education 6 September 2007 GCE's MID-TERM REVIEW - PLEASE GIVE US YOUR THOUGHTS! The Global Campaign for Education was created in 1999 to campaign for Education for All. At it's conception it was agreed to run until at least 2015, and that a review would take place half way through it's mandate - ie in 2007. A questionnaire has been designed for coalitions, organizations and individuals to input directly into this review. GCE has employed to two independent consultants to lead this process and analyse the questionnaire responses. Please download the questionnaire and return it by the 15 th September. You can either email it to review@firetail.co.uk or fax it back to +27 11 447 4138. Download Questionnaire: English | Spanish | French 15th August 2007 ©2008 GCE You are welcome to reproduce items from the GCE E-News for any non-profit use, as long as you credit GCE together with any original source mentioned in the article. |
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