Focus on Education

(updated)

UNESCO recently published the 2011 Global Monitoring Report, "an authoritative reference that aims to inform, influence and sustain genuine commitment towards" reaching the goals set by the Education for All (EFA) movement. The theme of this year's report is "The Hidden Crisis: Armed Conflict and Education." Here's the blurb:

"The 2011 Global Monitoring Report...examines the damaging consequences of conflict for the Education for All goals. It sets 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."

See also the many background papers prepared for the report, including these titles:

• Education and displacement: assessing conditions for refugees and internally displaced persons affected by conflict [text]
• Education in refugee camps in Thailand: policy, practice and paucity [text]
• The Impact of conflict and displacement (2006-2010) on education in Sri Lanka [text]

Other recent resources on education include:

CFP: "Education in Emergencies: Moving Ahead," Panel in the UKFIET International Conference on Education and Development, Oxford, 13-15 September 2011 [info]

- Abstracts are due 16 March 2011.

Education and Conflict in Côte d’Ivoire (USIP, April 2010) [text]

Even in Chaos: Education in Times of Emergency (Fordham University Press, May 2010) [info]

- Includes the following chapters: "Education in the IDP Camps of Eastern Chad" and "Education as a Survival Strategy: Sixty Years of Schooling for Palestinian Refugees."

"Keeping schools open: education in conflict," Forced Migration Review, no. 37 (March 2011) [full-text]

"The road to recovery: education in IDP communities," Forced Migration Review, no. 37 (March 2011) [full-text]

Urban Refugees: Access to Education (World Bridge Blog, Feb. 2011) [access]

- From the video gallery.

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