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to OneWorld South Asia. Bringing together a network
of people and groups working for human rights and sustainable
development from across the globe.
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Education is the backbone of national development and is widely accepted as an instrument of social change. India has been an active partner in the worldwide movement for education for All that began in 1990 in Jomtien followed by Millennium development goals. The important issues which need immediate attention to achieve MDG targets in Education are as follow.
24-09-2008
Progress of education is impeded in Afghanistan as Taliban insurgents are reported to be regularly threatening families to dissuade them from sending their kids to schools. Hundreds of thousands of young children are deprived of education, especially girls, owing to rampant attacks on educational institutions.
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Image: Taliban attacks deprive children of education/ Photo credit:Ahmad/IRIN
19-09-2008
Unless we place it on the country’s political agenda and make it a vibrant people’s movement, right to education in India would not see the light of the day. Such thoughts marked the mood at an international consultation organised by Plan India and UNESCO held in the national capital today.
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Image: Education for all / Photo credit: Google Images
21-07-2008
Founder of IT for Change Gurumurthy Kasinathan agrees that ICTs can help achieve some critical priorities in India’s education sector. Yet he notes the formation of a group to draft a national policy on ICT in school education has more members from IT majors – Intel and Microsoft – than educationists.
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06-09-2008
OneWorld South Asia has launched a phone-based knowledge delivery service to provide critical academic support for teachers and students in Rajasthan, a western Indian state. The service has been started in Udaipur as a pilot project, which will be extended to other districts of the state at a later stage.
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17-09-2008
Two degrees of separation: between hope and despair is a young people’s summary of the Human Development Report 2007-08 jointly developed by the UNDP and Peace Child International. The booklet is a creative document that seeks to inspire youth to take action against climate change.
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Image: Cover page of the booklet / Photo credit: UNDP
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OneWorld South Asia''s Seventh
Annual Regional Meeting on February 8-9, 2008, at New Delhi, focused on Southern voices and
perspectives on the Climate Change debate.
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