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Parents’ perspectives on quality of schooling in Andhra Pradesh, India
Young Lives, 2014The post-MDG development agenda recognises that simply getting children enrolled in school does not equate with better learning outcomes for children.DocumentDemographic change, brain drain, and human capital: development potentials in services-driven South Asia
Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2014The growing dominance of the service sector in South Asian economies suggests that the development potentials that these economies can realise depend on their ability to get the fast growing younger cohort of their population absorbed in this sector.DocumentSchool-related gender-based violence in the Asia-Pacific region
UNESCO Bangkok, 2014For some children in Asia-Pacific, particularly girls, the mere walk to school is menacing and comes with the daily threat of violence. Once at school, they might also be subject to physical, psychosocial and sexual abuse – bullied by teachers and peers or abused in the name of discipline.DocumentNot made by Chidren - a toolkit for understanding the realities, responses and responsibilities of stakeholders in the garment supply chain
Global March Against Child Labour, 2014This Toolkit is designed with the intent to present the conceptual, factual and actual understanding of child labour in a simple, short and systematic manner.DocumentTackling child domestic labour and protecting young domestic workers: a global resource manual
Global March Against Child Labour, 2014The Resource Manual is a comprehensive document on the issue of engagement of children in domestic work that is intended to provide support to organisations ranging from trade unions, child rights organisations and others to take action against child domestic labour and to protect young domestic workers of legal working age.DocumentOut-of-school children and child labour
Global March Against Child Labour, 2014As the Education For All (EFA) process is progressing, two main groups of children are still left behind. First, children who have yet to gain access to a good primary school. Second, those who do not get to attend even when a basic primary school is accessible: these are referred to as the 'hard-to-reach children' among the out-of-school children.DocumentKnowledge empowers Africa: the benefits of increased investment in education
Institute for Security Studies, 2011In African Futures Policy Brief Number 2, a team of researchers formulate two scenarios about education. Using historic data, the researchers identify the African countries that have made the most dramatic improvements in primary school completion and secondary school enrolment over the last 20 years.DocumentPotential paths of human development in the Western Cape to 2040
Institute for Security Studies, 2013he National Development Plan, the Provincial Strategic Plan and OneCape 2040 all emphasise that the key to reducing poverty lies in a virtuous cycle of growth and development. Every citizen should have the opportunity and ‘capability’ to be an active partner in his or her own development, and that of the country.DocumentQuality and access to education in urbani informal settlements in Kenya
2013To achieve its objective of increasing accessibility to schooling and education, the Kenyan government introduced the Free Primary Education (FPE) policy in 2003. Although the introduction of the policy led to dramatic increases in enrollment, provision of adequate school places in densely populated urban areas as well as delivery of quality primary education remains a challenge.DocumentHow insecurity impacts on school attendance and school dropout among urban slum children in Nairobi
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2008This paper discusses how perceptions of personal security can impact on school enrolment and attendance. It mainly focuses on threats of physical harm, crime, and community and domestic violence.Pages