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  Tackling social exclusion in health and education: case studies from Asia

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006

  This paper draws together some of the lessons from a study commissioned by DFID to identify ways of tackling social exclusion through promising practices in health and education in the Asia region.
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  Education for all: non-formal education among street children in Nepal

  UNESCO Bangkok: Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, 2005

  This report presents the outcomes of a policy forum which was conducted to discuss quality basic education for out-of-school children with particular focus on street children within the framework of the EFA National Plan of Action.The specific objectives of the forum included to present the findings and recommendations of the research on non-formal education (NFE), and best practices for out-of
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  Future policy choices for the education sector in Asia

  Asia 2015 Conference: Promoting Growth, Ending Poverty, 2006

  Although considerable progress has been made in recent years towards educational goals in Asia, much remains to be achieved.
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  Lessons from the classroom: a policy research report on teachers' motivation and perceptions in Nepal

  Voluntary Service Overseas, 2005

  The main objectives of this research study are to identify factors affecting teacher motivation in Nepal, and to provide insights into these issues to policy-makers and other stakeholders.Research finds that teachers in Nepal are working in very difficult situations and with limited resources.
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  Winning people's will for girl child education: community mobilization for gender equality in basic education

  United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2005

  In 2004 and 2005, the UNESCO office in Kathmandu conducted an action-research project to work on the access and retention in school of girls from Dalit (or untouchable) castes. Given the social and cultural complexities relating to this most deprived caste group, their activity was focused on community mobilisation and gaining "people’s will" on girls’ education.
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  Stealing the future: corruption in the classroom

  Transparency International, 2005

  This report presents ten studies carried out in Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Georgia, Mexico, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Sierra Leone and Zambia.
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  Educating the world’s children: patterns of growth and inequality

  Academy for Educational Development, USA, 2005

  This study employs multiple sources of data and innovative analytic tools to project when 70 poor countries, given current and historical trends, are likely to achieve the goal of universal primary education.
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  Study of policies and programmes addressing the right of street children to education

  Child Welfare Scheme, Nepal, 2005

  This research project analyses the government of Nepal's policies, strategies, and programmes in regard to Non-Formal Education (NFE) for out of school children, particularly street children as their basic fundamental right.The study addresses some key issues and highlights the initiatives taken by various organisations to address the educational problem for out of school children, particularly
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  First language first: community-based literacy programmes for minority language contexts in Asia

  Education Sector, UNESCO, 2005

  This comprehensive report is the outcome of the Regional Workshop on Mother Tongue/Bilingual Literacy Programmes for Ethnic Minorities held in Kunming, China (May 2004). This workshop presented findings from UNESCOs action research on using the mother tongue/bilingual approach in pilot literacy projects for ethnic minority communities.
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  Nepal: children caught in the conflict

  Amnesty International, 2005

  This article discusses the human rights abuses that children are facing because of armed conflict in Nepal, which are being committed by both parties to the conflict, and perpetuated by the failure of the state to meet its obligations to respect, protect and fulfil the rights of children.The study finds that minimal effort has been made to prevent abuses or bring perpetrators to justice for the

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