A transformative vision?

The vision for education has often been too limited or even absent in public education, often due to a fire-fighting attitude because of  low investment, lack of teachers, poor quality etc. Lets hope that a ‘transformative vision’ , as described below, can translate into real change and more investment in education (rather than arms and

2015 – a year of fear?

Fear is not a new emotion for children, particularly when relating it to school. Children have been bullied, been threatened and humiliated by teachers and other students, just for being different or coming from a home where poverty is experienced. But a range of new fears are affecting children worldwide whether it is from direct

A lesson in War

Of course, we do not subscribe to wars of any sort, but if it happens, at least have some ‘rules’ to protect children in both hospitals and schools. Here is an article promoted through the INEE newsletter: Lessons in War 2015 Military Use of Schools and Universities During Armed Conflict GCPEA States should act to

Resilience – some new resources

There is growing evidence of the need to strengthen the resilience of education systems. Including crisis prevention and peacebuilding measures in educational policy and planning is one mechanism for achieving this. If the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals are to be truly sustainable, conflict and disaster risk reduction must be embedded in sector policies, plans and