Education
UK: Labour pledge return of education maintenance allowance and maintenance grant
Education unions reacted positively to the Labour Party’s announcement on 17 August that it will restore the education maintenance allowance and the maintenance grant if it wins power at the next general election.
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Afghanistan: Rise in Military Use of Schools
Afghan security forces are increasingly using schools as bases during military operations in Taliban-held areas, putting children at risk and depriving thousands of an education, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Aug 17. The Afghan government should take immediate steps to curtail security force use of schools for military purposes.
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Afghanistan: Rise in Military Use of Schools
Afghan security forces are increasingly using schools as bases during military operations in Taliban-held areas, putting children at risk and depriving thousands of an education, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Aug 17. The Afghan government should take immediate steps to curtail security force use of schools for military purposes.
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Filipino teachers ready to improve minorities’ rights
This event, held in Manila from 2-4 August, was organised by the Education International (EI) Asia-Pacific office. It was attended by 19 participants from five EI national affiliates: the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), the Federation of Free Workers - Trade Federation VIII (FFW), the Philippine Public School Teachers' Association (PPSTA) (SMP-NATOW), the Teachers' Organisation of the Philippine Public Sector (TOPPS), and the Samahang Manggagawang Pilipino-National Alliance of Teachers and Office Workers (SMP-NATOW).
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Leading the agenda for data production to monitor education 2030
Monitoring progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) on education requires more and better quality data, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). The UIS is launching two new tools to kick-start this process: an eAtlas mapping out the currently available global education indicators, and a Digest that sets out a roadmap to improve the measuring of education quality and equity. These new data products are the latest in a set of UIS initiatives to address the gaps in the education monitoring agenda.
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Ecuador: Time is pressing to halt the imposed dissolution of the teacher union UNE
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Australia: teacher honoured for work with indigenous students
Northern Territory educator Sally Mackander.
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Human Rights
Ringing FOWPAL’s Peace Bell for the World:Nobel Peace Prize Laureates’ Visions and Actions
Protecting the World’s Cultural Diversity for a Sustainable Future
The Peace Bell Resonates at the 27th Eurasian Economic Summit
Declaration of World Day of the Power of Hope Endorsed by People in 158 Nations
Puppet Show I International Friendship Day 2020