UNESCO - EDUCATION THIS WEEK - 3-7 may 2021

 

EDUCATION THIS WEEK  (3 – 7 May 2021)

NEW TOOL TO MONITOR COVID-19 TESTING AND VACCINATIONS IN SCHOOLS

UNESCO has released a new health and vaccination management tool, OpenEMIS Vaccinations, to help countries track teacher and other school staff vaccination progress. This was done through a partnership with Community Systems Foundation (CSF), a Global Education Coalition member. This tool aims to increase teaching workforce and public confidence in a safe and protected return to in-person or hybrid learning as part of UNESCO’s efforts to support countries to mitigate the impact of school closures, address learning losses and adapt education systems, particularly for vulnerable and disadvantaged communities.

GLOBAL ACTION WEEK 2021 #GAWE 2021

Each day of GAWE 2021 saw a different regional policy dialogue, focused on education financing but with a regional lens. On the last day, GAWE culminated in a high-level global event on education financing, focused on mobilising towards Global Partnership for Education (GPE) replenishment, G20 and G7. The following activities took place: Monday April 26 – Asia Pacific Regional Dialogue on Education Financing: Global Action Week for Education 2021 led by the Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education (ASPBAE). “Protect Education Budgets: reach the most marginalised”. Watch Tuesday April 27 - Arab Region Broadcast focused on debt and education financing hosted by the Arab Campaign for Education for All (ACEA): “National Open Wave for Financing Education” Watch Wednesday April 28 - Latin America Regional Policy Dialogue with a focus on privatisation led by Campaña Latinoamericana por el Derecho a la Educación (CLADE). “Alerts in times of Covid-19: faces of educational privatization in Latin America and the Caribbean” Watch Thursday April 29 - Africa Regional Policy Dialogue focused on inclusion hosted by the African Campaign Network for Education for All (ANCEFA). “Increased Domestic financing for strong public, inclusive and resilient education systems in Africa during and post COVID 19”. Followed by the launch of a new report: “One Billion Voices: How Africa can lead in education in a post-COVID world”. Watch Friday April 30 - A Global culmination day with a high-level global policy dialogue on mobilising education financing, in partnership with the Global Partnership for Education: “Raise your hand for more and better education financing”. Read the article here Global Education Monitoring Report Policy Papers: How Committed? Unlocking financing for equity in education COVID-19 is a serious threat to aid to education recovery Act now: reduce the impact of COVID-19 on the cost of achieving SDG 4 Global Education Meeting 2020 Declaration (extract on financing below) The endorsed Declaration defines priority actions that are essential for educational recovery in 2021. These priority actions requiring that education budgets be at least protected, if not increased. In the Declaration, governments and partners stated their commitment to: Maintain or increase the share of public spending on education to at least 4-6% of GDP and/or 15-20% of public expenditure; Ensure that stimulus packages support measures that will mitigate learning losses and get the most vulnerable back to school; Increase the volume, predictability and effectiveness of international aid, and Target aid to countries and populations most in need including those who are not reached by government programmes.

EDUCATION EVENTS THIS WEEK

For more information regarding events, please visit the event’s page. 4 May Revisiting the definition of school bullying - International thematic meeting on bullying #2

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