Bosnia and Herzegovina, Featured, Snapshots 2011-12, Snapshots Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bosnia: School management – parents: making information flow both ways
Parents are often reluctant to become involved in their children’s school. Some may feel that teachers will see their activity “as an attack”, others may doubt in their ability to contribute to school life. In parallel, school managements often do not know how to attract parents even when they desire parental involvement. This project used [...]
Featured, Issues
Pakistan: ‘One Million Signatures’ for enforcing basic rights?
by Faisal Bari Government added Article 25A in the basic rights section of the Pakistani Constitution, via the 18th Constitutional Amendment, passed into law on April 19th, 2010.[1] The inclusion was a major victory for all, including our partners, who have been advocating for quality education for all children in Pakistan. Now the task is [...]
Africa, Featured, Higher Education, Minority Education, Primary Education, Secondary Education, Snapshots 2011-12, Snapshots South Africa
South Africa: Equal Education takes Education Minister to Court
Every generation has its struggle. Today, South Africa’s learners face enormous challenges as they try to access and enjoy their constitutionally protected right to a basic education. One of the main challenges they face is the unequal standard of schools around the country. Currently, there is no definition of what a school is or what [...]
Croatia, Featured, Snapshots 2011-12, Snapshots Croatia
Croatia: Network of Education Policy Centers Summer School: Educating for sustainability: ecologically sound and socially fair future as an educational aim
1st July 2012 – 8th July 2012, Hotel Zora, Primošten, Croatia The objective of the Summer School is to bring ENjoinED partners and other interested parties together for 5 days of professional and social learning on the topics of the socio-economic aspects of sustainable development (SD) under natural constraints. Through the existing platform of CSOs the [...]
Featured, Romania, Snapshots 2011-12, Snapshots Romania
Romania: Learn to motivate to learn with RWCT IC!
Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking International Consortium (RWCT IC) is preparing to deliver the first Grundtvig & Comenius course of a series of nine, entitled Motivating adult learners’ participation and persistence in lifelong learning – strategies & practical tips. The course, which is an outcome of RWCT IC’s Create-Motivate-Learn project, aims to equip adult [...]
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Armenia, Caucasus, Levels of Education, Snapshots 2011-12, Snapshots Armenia, Snapshots Country
Posted on 05 May 2012 Comments (0)Armenia: Two best friends making a living
Vardanyan Vatche 17 years old and Arthur Simonyan 18 years old, are best friends. They have many things in common: They both come from economically deprived families, they are the eldest of three siblings, they have not completed high school, and they came to Orran knowing only that they would like to learn to repair [...] Continue Reading »
Higher Education, Language Issues, Snapshots 2011-12
Posted on 04 March 2012 Comments (0)Implementing the UNCRC in schools: comparative approaches (Entry September 2012)
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child provides a comprehensive statement of children’s rights in, to and through education and places an obligation on states to ensure that the provisions of the CRC are known to adults and children alike. The Committee on the Rights of the Child monitors the provision of [...] Continue Reading »
Africa, Secondary Education, Snapshots 2010-11, Snapshots South Africa
Posted on 01 March 2012 Comments (0)South Africa: Teacher training in Keiskammahoek
For the last 15 years, a large number of high school students in the Keiskammahoek district (in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa) has left to study in nearby urban schools. Two major reasons are often cited: very few of the 20 local high schools provide Physics and Mathematics as subjects (instead they offer [...] Continue Reading »
Georgia, Snapshots 2011-12, Snapshots Georgia
Posted on 29 February 2012 Comments (0)Georgia: Report Released on Private Tutoring
The International Institute for Education Policy, Planning and Management (Georgia) published its research report which describe and analyzed private tutoring in Georgia. The study was conducted in autumn 2011 with the financial support of the East-West Management Institute grant program – Development of Public Policy, Advocacy and Civil Society in Georgia. The goal of the study [...] Continue Reading »
Croatia, Snapshots 2011-12, Snapshots Croatia
Posted on 28 February 2012 Comments (0)Croatia: Forum for freedom in education to publish non-violence workshop collection
Forum for freedom in education (Croatia) is publishing a collection of workshops for working with children and youth in the field of non-violent communication. Learning different ways of non-violent communication is not only a way for the growth of each of us personally, but also growth of our relationships with others, and path to more [...] Continue Reading »
Central Europe, Eastern Europe and Russia, Snapshots 2011-12, Southeastern Europe
Posted on 27 February 2012 Comments (0)Europe: Strengthening evidence-informed policy and practice in education
Working to increase the use of evidence in educational policy-making and practice across Europe is the European Commission funded: ‘Evidence Informed Policy and Practice in Education in Europe’ (EIPPEE) project. The EIPPEE project involves over 40 partners internationally and has four specific aims: To build an international network of those interested and working in this [...] Continue Reading »
Issues, Language Issues
Posted on 25 February 2012 Comments (0)Right to Education launches Arabic version of website
The Right to Education Project (RTE) is pleased to announce the launch of the Arabic version of its website http://www.right-to-education.org/ar. RTE’s wide-reaching website on education rights is a partial continuation of the website of the former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education, Katarina Tomaševski. Now this website is available in Arabic, in addition [...] Continue Reading »
OSI-ESP News
Posted on 09 November 2011 Comments (0)OSI-ESP News September-October 2011
Project updates and education news from our partners at the Open Society Institute’s Education Support Program Continue Reading »
Africa, Levels of Education, Special Education
Posted on 07 November 2011 Comments (0)South Africa: Helping Refugee Children Tell Their Stories
Stop frame animation is a notoriously fiddly business. Add a bunch of (young) school kids and... the whole business becomes ... Continue Reading »
Central Europe, Romania, Special Education, TOL Training
Posted on 07 November 2011 Comments (0)Education Conference in Romania is Coming Up
The conference will bring together over 100 educators and trainers from thirty countries to demonstrate and reflect on effective ways of motivating people to learn. Continue Reading »
Minority Education, Roma
Posted on 07 November 2011 Comments (0)Turkey: Roma Students Go Beyond the Barriers
The Roma population in Turkey is estimated to be around 2 millions although the numbers vary according to different sources. And Turkey is in no better situation than ... Continue Reading »
Kosovo, Minority Education, Roma, Snapshots 2010-11, Snapshots Kosovo, Southeastern Europe
Posted on 07 November 2011 Comments (0)Kosovo: EU Support for Education of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian Communities
EU funded project supports integration and education of minorities in Kosovo. Continue Reading »