EENET asia Newsletters : Fifth issue 4th Quarter 2007 / 1st Quarter 2008
South Asia Regional Education Policy Meeting
17th - 20th September 2007, Kathmandu, Nepal
Education Policy and the Right to Education: Towards more equitable outcomes for South Asia’s children.
Highlights Day 1:
- The SAARC Development Goals for Education
- EFA Mid Decade Assessment in South Asia: Progress towards EFA
- Demographic trends in South Asia and the implications for education policy
- Urbanization and education for the urban poor in South Asia
Highlights Day 2:
- Education policy and child rights
- Social discrimination: the case of Dalits in Nepal
- Tea Estate workers in Sri Lanka
- Barriers for Adivasi children in Bangladesh
Group work:
[a] Reviewing draft Guidelines for a Rights-based Equitable focus in education SWAps;
[b] Reviewing the Equity in Education Index
Parallel Sessions:
1. Building the future: children in remote locations (presentations from Bhutan, Maldives, Afghanistan).
2. Building the future: positive schooling (presentations on inclusive child friendly schools in South Asia, positive discipline, teacher performance standards for increased school effectiveness).
3. Building the future: the education of girls and gender issues (presentations on gender inequalities in education, mobility support for female teachers in NWFP in Pakistan, female stipends in Bangladesh, progress and future challenges in South Asia).
Highlights Day 3:
Macroeconomic policies and education
Multilingual education
Early Childhood education and transition
Government policies addressing equity in education: government presentations
Report forthcoming [Contact: Ms. Susan Durston, senior education advisor UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia at: sdurston@unicef.org]
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Newsletters : Fifth issue 4th Quarter 2007 / 1st Quarter 2008
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