UN: Committee on the Rights of the Child releases Concluding Observations for Session 54

CRIN (Child Rights Information Network) has included this update on the Committee on the Rights of the Child ,in their recent newsletter: UN: Committee on the Rights of the Child releases Concluding Observations for Session 54 Date: 16/06/2010 Organisation: UN OHCHR – Committee on the Rights of the Child Resource type: CRC News Summary: On the

For those working in emergencies – Global launch of four major INEE tools!

Those working for education in times of crisis and emergency need all the help they can get -and often very quickly. Four tools are being launched and information about this global launch, as well as the regional and virtual launch events is on the INEE website: www.ineesite.org/launches2010. The four new tools which  have been developed by

Football goals and education goals – EFA and MDGs

UNESCO has the mandate to coordinate support for achieving Education for All ‘goals’ by 2015 – take a look… What do football and education have in common? Success in both is measured in goals. To mark the occasion of the first World Cup to take place in Africa, as well as the priority that Africa

Pre-school education stories

The Cinderella of the education system? Early Childhood Education and Care is such an important component of an education system,yet still maintains a low profile in terms of real investment in children.It still has to be separated from ‘real education’ (which of course can be beneficial in terms of attitudes towards what constitutes play and what is