1. Partnerships for providing better access to basic education
Richard Maclure
Faculty of Education
University of Ottawa
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2. Part 1: BASIC EDUCATION & HEALTH: EVIDENCE OF THE CONNECTION. Source: L. H. Summers (1994). “Investing in All the People: Educating Women in Developing Countries”. EDI Seminar Paper No. 45, The World Bank, pp. 9 – 13.
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5. Part 2: TRENDS IN BASIC EDUCATION: CURRENT DISCOURSE
Dakar Framework for Action
MDGs
Partnerships
State/Civil society relations
Paris Declaration: The role of international donors
Child rights approaches to education
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6. Dakar Framework for Action
A re-affirmation of Jomtien EFA (1990)
early childhood education;
free primary education;
appropriate learning and life-skills programmes;
significant advances in adult literacy;
eliminating gender disparities by 2005, & achieving gender equality in education by 2015;
good quality education & measurable learning outcomes.
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7. Commitments to the Dakar goals
governments to prepare national action plans;
involvement of civil society;
no country to be thwarted by lack of resources / global mobilisation of resources;
annual monitoring report.
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8. The Millennium Development Goals
Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
ensure that all boys and girls complete a full course of primary education
Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education preferably by 2005, and at all levels by 2015
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9. Partnerships A. State / Civil society relations
Reasons underlying CSO participation in basic education:
limited government capacity to expand & sustain basic education;
trends towards decentralization, democratization, & community participation in social services;
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10. improved economies of scale better quality and performance outcomes
international support for civil society capacity building & state/CSO collaboration
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11. B. The Paris Declaration: The role of international donors
Key indicators of donor agency partnership:
ownership
alignment
harmonization
managing for results
transparency & accountability
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12. Child rights approaches to education
curricular reforms
structural reforms – e.g., healthy schools, violence-free schools, feeding/nutrition programs, etc.
constructivist, child-centred pedagogies (e.g., child-to-child strategies)
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13. Part 2: FALLACIES, LIMITATIONS, & CONTRADICTIONS
EFA or MDGs ? – dilemmas arising from shifting & competing agendas of different international protocols
International & national target setting: flaws & fallacies
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14. Contradictions: Education for . . . .
development of human resources vs. uncertain “use” of human resources
social equity & mobility vs. social selection & reproduction
progressive change vs. reinforcement of the status quo
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15. “success” vs. the fostering of failure
critical thinking vs. rote memorization & indoctrination
peace & safety vs. sites of violence
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16. Diverse participant agendas:
healthy individual cognitive & social growth
employment & family security
human resource (capital) development & economic growth
citizenship and socio-political democatization
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17. Diverse nature & effects of participation
Civil society participation: democratic action or elitist co-optation?
Private sector participation: revitalization of education OR rollback of the state & “marketization” of a public good?
Participation as democratization or de-politicization?
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18. Part 3: Ways Forward
Increased attention & support for local schools and “out-of-school” education linked to local needs / job creation / community health
Greater curricular & pedagogical emphasis on schools as havens of safety and as forums for health education
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19. Greater attention to children’s participation and child-centred pedagogy as foundations of appropriate good quality education
Increased attention to the viability of children as participants in educational policy-making, planning, delivery, and evaluation
Acknowledgment of the limits of education, & corresponding attention to context – to capacity building, transparency in governance, economic investment, & job creation
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20. Unflagging attention to the nexus between gender equity in education and increased community health
Emphasis on inter-disciplinary evaluation & applied research that engages the partnership among health & education researchers, in conjunction with health & education policy-makers & practitioners.
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