From: Shubhangi Sharma <s.sharma@unesco.org>
Date: Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 1:54 PM
Subject: [se-ed] FOR INFO: Education Community Update 30
To: Education Community <se-ed@solutionexchange-un.net.in>
This Community Update can be downloaded at http://www.solutionexchange-un.net.in/education/comm_update/ed-update-30-25021003.pdf
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Community Update
No. 30: 25 February 2010
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From the Resource Team | Member Postings | Network Activity | Community News
Dear Members
We are happy to present to you the 30th update of the Education Community. This is a significant issue for us as from here onwards we are proposing to make some noticeable changes in our update- to make it more reader friendly and attractive for you.
This issue is also important as it is coming at a time when after a lot of anxiety shared by the people on notification of Right to Education Act, finally, it is going to be notified on April 1, 2010. The time ahead would be challenging as well as demanding. It will require concerted actions not only from the federal and state governments but also from all of us. The organizations involved in teacher training, community mobilization, school improvement programs, all have a huge agenda to address to. The requirement of around 12, 00,000 teachers' is to be fulfilled in the stipulated time line. The available set of institutions would require overhauling and innovative strategies would be needed to ensure that the enough number of adequately trained teachers' are deployed in all schools. The most important challenge is to make sure that every child who comes to the schools is able to learn. The required freedom, autonomy and decision making powers to the teachers' are the need of the hour. More people with inclination and interest in education of children need to join in the schools to create an enabling environment for children. As we go along, we shall keep discussing on the challenges and way forward with respect to the various functional dimensions of Right to Education.
Last month, we did complete a query and a discussion – both moderated by known educationists in the country. The discussion on pre- service teacher training was shared in the International Conference on Pre- Service Teacher Training, as was the intention in the beginning of the query. The recommendation offered by the members', were received well by representatives of various countries and organizations present in the conference. This has been an input of our members into the existing body of knowledge on the important topic on pre-service education. We are shortly going to post the consolidated reply of the discussion on replication of Indian experiences to support the implementation of Right to Education Act.
There is an ongoing query on the 'status and challenges of educating urban deprived children' which is again an issue requires innovative methods to deal with. We have extended the last date to respond to this query and look forward to your inputs.
Do keep engaged as we believe an engaged community is a knowledge community
Resource Person, and,
Research Associate,
Education Community, Solution Exchange
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1. Workshops & Conferences
Upcoming UNESCO/China-Great Wall Co-sponsored Fellowship Programme-2010-11 - Last Date:01-04-2010 (From Shreya Baruah, Research Associate) UNESCO has invited application for submission of Co-sponsored Fellowship Programme, the Government of the People's Republic of China has renewed in January, 2010 the offer of twenty five (25) fellowships for advanced studies and two (2) more fellowship on agriculture-related subjects especially at the undergraduate and post graduate subjects. To know more click
Indian Urban Space Foundation- Innovations in Services for Urban Poor Awards Program (From Ranu Bhogal, Solution Exchange, New Delhi) Serving the urban poor, through sustainable enterprises that also achieve social development objectives – is the new frontier of social entrepreneurship. India Urban Space Foundation embarks on a nation-wide exercise to identify, document, reward and celebrate the success of those innovators. Last date of submission is 28th February. To know more visit
Swades ki Khoj ( Anand Kumar, Solution Exchange, New Delhi) Chirag and Ford Foundation Joint initiative in offering young graduates under the age of 28 the opportunity to spend a year living and working in a rural area to discover rural India and themselves and to use their knowledge and skills to help transform someone else's life. To know more click
15th ALL India Children's Educational Audio Video Festival (AICEAVF-2010)–Gujarat Council of Educational Research and Training (GCERT), Gandhinagar, Gujarat -March 15-17, 2010 (From Shreya Baruah, Research Associate) AICEAVF is India's major Educational programme Festival. AICEAVF-2010 is the 15th Festival. An excellent opportunity for the producers of educational audio-video programmes for children and teachers, AICEAVF is rated as one of the effective educational audio-video festivals of India. For more information click
2. Recently Held Third International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL 2010) (From Shreya Baruah, Research Associate) The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI) and Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) jointly organized the International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL) 2010 as part of IGNOU's Silver Jubilee Year celebrations. To know more click
3. Resource Corner Information Communication and Technology (ICT) in Education for Development (From Sarah Figge, Solution Exchange Outreach, New Delhi) The paper aims to explain the current state of how information and communication technology (ICT) is being used in education and how it can better benefit current and future users. To read more click
NAVTIKA:Journal of Early Childhood Care and Education (From Sangeeta, Salwan Montessori School, Gurgaon) Journal of Early Childhood Care and Education was launched on January 20, 2007 by Joint Secretary, Ministry of Women & Child Development, Government of India. It has been registered under Registrar of Newspapers of India, New Delhi. To know more click
Reaching the Poorest (From Alison Macbeth, UNESCO, New Delhi) Enrolling the world's poorest children in school needs new thinking, not just more money from taxpayers. To read more click
Education Under Attack-2010 (From Shreya Baruah, Research Associate) This global study has been commissioned by UNESCO to document targeted political and military violence against education staff, students, teachers, union and government officials and institutions. It examines its impact on education and development and highlights opportunities for positive action to be made in the years to come. To view the full report click
Education of Children with disabilities in India- by Dr. Nidhi Singal (From Shreya Baruah, Research Associate) Background paper prepared for the Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2010-Reaching the marginalized. To read more click
A Human Rights –Based Approach to EDUCATION FOR ALL (From Shreya Baruah, Research Associate) A framework for the realization of children's right to education and rights within education. To view the report click
(From Shreya Baruah, Research Associate)
4. Vacancies For North Zone: Program Assistant – Economic Security & Rights
Co-worker-Education (Female)
Officer – American Program (Delhi) Sr. Accounting Associate, Room to Read India Trust For South Zone: Senior Research Officer
Program Officer
Assistant Manager - Field Coordination
For East Zone:
Project Coordinator
IT cum Administrative Officer For West Zone:
Several Position
Project Coordinator (School based health promotion program)
Key Positions within Strengthening Local Government Response to Vulnerable Children Program (Chief of Party, Finance and Grants Manager, Deputy Chief of Party- Programs) Deputy Regional Director
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Open Queries and Comments
[se-ed] QUERY: Status and Challenges of Educating Children in Urban Slums - Experiences; Examples. Reply by 4 March 2010 Click here to send in your reply.
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From our partners
UNESCO UNESCO Director's Field visit to Jaipur and facilitation of Mr. Anil Bordia UNESCO Director and Representative for India, Bhutan, Maldives, Srilanka, Nepal and Bangladesh accompanied by his wife and the Resource Person, Education Community, Solution Exchange visited Rajasthan to see the work of Doosra Dashak, the project which is being run by Foundation for Education & Development. During his two days visit in the area, he observed and participated in the activities of the learning centers, libraries and Science and Communication centers run by the organization and also interacted with adolescent girls in residential camps. Doosra Dashak is a programme for the Education & Development of Adolescent and Young persons who are in the age group of 11-20 and caters to the goal III in EFA Goals. He also donated a couple of books in the learning centers and schools which he visited. Mr. Anil Bordia, the Chairperson of FED accompanied him during his visit. Dr. Parsuramen also offered the Mahatma Gandhi UNESCO Medal to Mr. Anil Bordia for his un-tiring and committed services in the field of education to benefit the most backward and marginalized communities. Addressing the gathering in Degawadi village, Bap block Jodhpur district, Mr. Parsuramen referred to Mr. Bordia as a visionary of unusual insights and dedication to the cause who is respected nationally as well as internationally for his work. He also applauded the field functionaries of Doosra Dashak for their excellent work and rapport with the local community and opined the need to initiate several such initiatives to attend to the learning needs of Adolescent and young persons.
Yazid Sabeg named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador French businessman Yazid Sabeg was designated as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador by the Director-General, Irina Bokova, at a ceremony on 16 February at Organization Headquarters. To read more click
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Unicef
UNICEF welcomes 30th ratification of Convention on Cluster Munitions NEW YORK, 19 February 2010 – UNICEF welcomed the thirtieth ratification of the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) which took place Tuesday. With this ratification, all the necessary conditions for the Convention – which bans cluster munitions, a weapon that has killed and injured scores of civilians, including many children – to enter into force have now been met. For more information read
Bangladesh to vaccinate 20 million children against measles DHAKA, 13 February 2010 – Bangladesh will vaccinate more than 20 million children against measles during a two-week measles campaign starting from February 14th till 28th of February 2010. All children aged 9 months to less than 5 years will be given measles vaccine, while all children aged 0 to 5 years will be given two drops of polio vaccine. To read more
Motivating Videos
Restoring education in Haiti's quake zone
Work to school - The story of Samsher
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Network Activity
Completed Queries
Aligning Pre-Service Teacher Education to the National Curriculum Framework 2005 From From Hridaykant Diwan, Vidya Bhawan Society Udaipur (Discussion) Issued on 15th February 2010 Discusses the experiences from all around for reflection and learning to align pre- service education with NCF in the context of RTE for contribution in the proposed seminar of Pre Service Education thereby embarking on an enabling Teacher education and management policy in the country.
Previous Updates Education Community Update # 29 Issued 22 January 2010 Education Community Update # 28 Issued 23 December 2009 Education Community Update # 27; Issued 23 September 2009 Education Community Update # 26; Issued 30 July 2009 Education Community Update # 25; Issued 30 July 2009 Education Community Update # 24; Issued 30 June 2009 Education Community Update # 23; Issued 29 May 2009 Education Community Update # 22; Issued 30 April 2009 Education Community Update # 21; Issued 31 March 2009 Education Community Update # 20; Issued 24 February 2009 Education Community Update # 19; Issued 15 January 2009 Education Community Update # 18; Issued 12 December 2008 Education Community Update # 17; Issued 11 November 2008 Education Community Update # 16; Issued 22 September 2008 Education Community Update # 15; Issued 14 May 2008 Education Community Update # 14; Issued 22 April 2008 Education Community Update # 13; Issued 10 March 2008 Education Community Update # 12; Issued 24 January 2008 Education Community Update # 11; Issued 01 October 2007 Education Community Update # 10; Issued 03 September 2007 Education Community Update # 9; Issued 01 August 2007 Education Community Update # 8; Issued 1 July 2007 Education Community Update # 7; Issued 1 June 2007 Education Community Update # 6; Issued 1 May 2007 Education Community Update # 5; Issued 2 April 2007 Education Community Update # 4; Issued 2 March 2007 Education Community Update # 3; Issued 30 January 2007 Education Community Update # 2; Issued 15 December 2006 Education Community Update # 1; Issued 1 November 2006
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