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27 March 2018.
IIEP-UNESCO and the Education Development Trust have conducted a crucial literature review on the management of teachers of refugees, examining resources that cover issues ranging from their recruitment, certification, to professional development.
Despite the important role of the teacher in refugee contexts, the review has found that there is a dearth of information on who is teaching refugees and how these teachers are managed.
19 March 2018.
UNESCO, in partnership with UNHCR, UNICEF, and the Global Education Cluster, is holding a regional workshop to strengthen the coherence between humanitarian and development aid for education service delivery in the Eastern and Southern Africa Region, co-funded by the European Union’s (EU) Service for Foreign Policy Instruments.
23 February 2018.
Esther Akumu is the Director of the Department of International Relations in the Ministry of General Education and Instruction in South Sudan. In the latest PoleMag, published by IIEP-Pole de Dakar, she answers several questions on the important role of school in building social cohesion.
25 January 2018.
Planning education for refugees and host communities is a priority issue in Ethiopia today. The country hosts the second largest refugee population in Africa, with over 840,000 refugees from some 19 countries.
13 October 2017.
Over the years, Haiti’s education system has grappled with a series of natural disasters and the implications of widespread poverty. Basic education is unaffordable to many – with the vast majority of schools being private – and the transition to secondary school remains a major hurdle. But despite these challenges, the Haitian government is committed to improving the management... Read more
20 June 2017.
With one person in every 113 forced to flee their homes because of conflict or persecution, the world is facing the biggest refugee crisis since the end of the Second World War. For children and young people, this means leaving behind their school, familiar faces and teachers... Read more
n response to the call for greater effort and investment in crisis-affected and challenging situations, the Global Partnership for Education and UNESCO’s International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) developed transitional education sector plan (TEP) appraisal guidelines to support countries in developing robust TEPs. The objective of these guidelines is to assist education stakeholders, in particular development partner groups (DPGs), in appraising the soundness of TEPs.
The Ebola Crisis in West Africa between 2014-15 had a devastating effect on Liberia’s citizens and infrastructure, while the efforts of more than a decade of post-conflict reconstruction and development were threatened. The outbreak of Ebola itself revealed the uneven nature of post-conflict reconstruction, particularly in the social sectors, including health and education. This research looks at the effects of the Ebola crisis on peacebuilding efforts through education, asking questions about how it has interacted with the Liberian education system’s longer-term post-conflict recovery.
The Thematic Mapping is a useful list of tools and resources for education planning in fragile and conflict-affected contexts. The document was produced by GPE and IIEP, and is meant to be updated regularly when new resources become available.
