Education

Turning the spotlight on to armed conflict and education

This major UNESCO report examines the damaging consequences of conflict on education. It looks to set out an agenda for protecting the right to education during conflict, strengthening provision for children, youth and adults affected by conflict, and rebuilding education systems in countries emerging from conflict.

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Getting to the Hardest to Reach: A strategy to provide education to nomadic communities in Kenya through distance learning: J. Swift / 2010; Kenya has committed itself to the Millennium Development Goals, Education for All, and other education targets, but despite its achievement, Kenya is unlikely to achieve these goals on present perform...
Mobile Pastoralists and Education: Strategic Options: S. Kraetli / 2009; Educating nomadic peoples in the context of rapid global socio-economic change is a challenge of massive proportions. This paper sets out to address this challenge in two ways: firstly by mapping the ...
School Drop Out in Bangladesh: New Insights from Longitudinal Evidence: R. Sabates / 2010; This report provides new evidence into the factors that predict school drop out for children in Bangladesh. It also examines similarities and differences between children who enter late into primary s...
Changing Patterns of Access to Education in Anglophone and Francophone Countries in Sub Saharan Africa: Is Education for All Pro-Poor?: K. M. Lewin / 2011; This paper explores patterns of growth in participation in six Anglophone and seven Francophone countries in SSA with Universal Primary Education programmes. The results show that progress has been pa...
Beyond Universal Access to Elementary Education in India: Is it Achievable at Affordable Costs?: K. M. Lewin / 2011; Investment in secondary schooling in India has been neglected for many years. Since the 1990s most emphasis has been on universalising access to elementary schooling, a task that remains far from comp...
Taking Targets to Task Revisited: How Indicators of Progress on Access to Education can Mislead: K. M. Lewin / 2011; Education for All (EFA) identifies goals and targets and translates these into indicators which are used to evaluate progress and influence flows of external financing. The search for evidence based p...
Dropping Out of School in Southern Ghana: The Push-out and Pull-out Factors: E. Ananga / 2011; Addressing school dropout has been one of the most controversial elements of policy since the introduction of free compulsory universal basic education (FCUBE) in Ghana. This document argues that in o...
Fosterage and Access to Schooling in Savelugu-Nanton, Ghana: C. Rolleston / 2011; Fosterage is an important cultural institution in Ghana. Its effects on education are ambiguous. This study examines fostering as a possible contributor to the low levels of educational access and pro...
South Asian Nomads - A Literature Review: A. Sharma / 2011; In the context of India, most recent work has focused on access to the education system for the poor. This monograph focuses on nomadic communities and offers insights into how educational access can ...
Conflict in the Somali Region of Ethiopia: can education promote peacebuilding?: S Richards / Feinstein International Center, USA, 2011; This report is an analysis of the links between conflict and education in Somali Region, and examines if and how improved education might contribute to peace and security objectives. While recognizing...