MAKING SURE CHILDREN IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES GET A GOOD EDUCATION - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

MAKING SURE CHILDREN IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES GET A GOOD EDUCATION Im Impr proving le ing learning, arning, ex expanding opportunities Policy Brief by Galen Anderson

KEY TERMS • DFID: DFID: Department for International Development • GPE GPE: : Global Partnership for Education • CSO CSOs: s: Civil Society Organizations

WHA WHAT I T IS S DFID DFID? ? • UK Go UK Governme rnment nt run organiz run organizat ation ion • Wo Works with major national and internat int rnational pla ional players • Ho How d w does DFI oes DFID w D wor ork? k? • Fo Focus on local sustainable developm de lopment nt • In Investment nt in all le in all levels ls of of ed educati tion

THREE CORE PRIORITIES 1. 1. to to improve learning 2. 2. to to reach all children, especially those in fragile states 3. 3. to to keep girls in school, helping the most marginalized girls stay in school and learning longer

AID B AID BY NUMBERS NUMBERS

2015 AND BEYOND • Primary: preparing for school readiness • Secondary: youth unemployment and skill-based learning • Tertiary: increase international exchange • Other concerns: access to food water, health care, country stability

SWOT S W • Quality of education • Fragile states undefined • Contextually-based • Low-status of teaching approach • Implementing quality • Sensitive to local issues assurance • Financial support • Neo-liberal system • In-country relationships • Reliance on CSO aid • Quality assurance • Interconnectedness O T • Robust civil society • Economic and government • Government participation instability • Aid-Trade set-up • Monetary inequity • Home support • Familial investment in • Individual investment in education education • Home environment • Minorities’ education • Collapse of civil society