UK invests £12 million in girls’ education in Zimbabwe via Camfed
Zimbabwe’s Education Minister formally launched a £12 million investment in girls’ education … that will enable 24,000 girls from the poorest rural families to enrol in and complete secondary school.
The investment from the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) represents a major achievement for Camfed, which began in Zimbabwe in 1993 by supporting just 32 girls in two districts. The latest investment allows Camfed to provide four times as many secondary school bursaries as it currently offers and will increase its reach to 28 districts.
EU Provides Nobel Peace Prize funds for Education in Northwestern Pakistan
Islamabad/Brussels, 8 May 2013 – The European Union has provided € 300,000 from its Nobel Peace Prize money to UNICEF to support its educational activities for children affected by a lack of security in parts of northwestern Pakistan. The agreement was formalised today in Islamabad, between Lars-Gunnar Wigemark, Ambassador and Head of Delegation of the European Union to Pakistan and Dan Rohrmann, UNICEF Representative in Pakistan.
These funds, made available through the European Commission’s Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO), will enable UNICEF to provide access to education for 3,000 children, including 1,500 girls in 30 schools currently operating in the Jalozai Camp, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Zimbabwe’s Education Minister formally launched a £12 million investment in girls’ education on Wednesday that will enable 24,000 girls from the poorest rural families to enrol in and complete secondary school.
Malala Yousafzai Announces Malala Fund to Support Girls’ Access to Education (by vitalvoices)
![[KENYA] DADAAB, 25 January 2013 (IRIN) - Close to 40,000 primary school children in Kenya’s northeastern Dadaab refugee complex have had their educations interrupted by a two-week-long teachers’ strike over unpaid salaries. Due to funding difficulties, the African Development and Emergency Operation (ADEO), a local NGO that was responsible for primary education in Dadaab’s Ifo camps, had to hand the programme over to another NGO, Islamic Relief, on 1 January. However, ADEO has not paid more than 600 teachers from 19 schools their December 2012 salaries. The strike has been ongoing since the school year started on 7 January.
(via IRIN Africa | Education disrupted by teachers’ strike in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp | Kenya | Aid Policy | Children | Education | Refugees/IDPs)](http://24.media.tumblr.com/5b26286782a9b39c89eb93eb1f66aed2/tumblr_mhf8cjZU3y1qb8rnio1_500.jpg)
[KENYA] DADAAB, 25 January 2013 (IRIN) - Close to 40,000 primary school children in Kenya’s northeastern Dadaab refugee complex have had their educations interrupted by a two-week-long teachers’ strike over unpaid salaries.
Due to funding difficulties, the African Development and Emergency Operation (ADEO), a local NGO that was responsible for primary education in Dadaab’s Ifo camps, had to hand the programme over to another NGO, Islamic Relief, on 1 January. However, ADEO has not paid more than 600 teachers from 19 schools their December 2012 salaries.
The strike has been ongoing since the school year started on 7 January.
[EGYPT] Much is at stake: If schools continue to churn out mediocre graduates, the high youth unemployment will most likely worsen. An improved education system, on the other hand, holds out the promise of producing citizens who can build a prosperous democracy at the heart of the Arab world.
“We’re sure that this is an important period in Egypt’s history,” says Mohammed Srogy, a new public relations adviser at the Ministry of Education. “We believe that education is the gateway for the renaissance of Egypt.”
The education secretary, Michael Gove, is facing a growing rebellion from teachers and architects over plans to simplify new school buildings after a study claimed well-designed classrooms could improve pupils’ progress in lessons by as much as 25%.
Lord Rogers, the architect of buildings ranging from the Pompidou Centre in Paris to Mossbourne academy in Hackney, east London, has urged the government to rethink its policy for the procurement of £2.5bn worth of new schools and “for the sake of the next generation” heed evidence that school environments affect pupil performance.
Deborah Saunt, an award-winning school designer, has also announced that her firm is boycotting the government’s plan to build 261 replacement primary and secondary schools, describing simplified design guidelines as the architectural equivalent of feeding children McDonald’s every day. (via Michael Gove faces rebellion over no-curves schools plan | Education | The Guardian)
![[Scotland] Scottish schools to get extra £1m for musical instruments.
The minister for learning said every child should have the opportunity to learn an instrument.
Schools are to be given an extra £1m by the Scottish government to buy musical instruments for pupils.
Ministers will also set up a working group to look at music tuition fees, which can vary across councils. (via BBC News - Scottish schools to get extra £1m for musical instruments)](http://25.media.tumblr.com/df1dbf5911d006c853c8a7add2ebbea9/tumblr_mfbamazcEx1qb8rnio1_400.jpg)
[Scotland] Scottish schools to get extra £1m for musical instruments.
The minister for learning said every child should have the opportunity to learn an instrument.
Schools are to be given an extra £1m by the Scottish government to buy musical instruments for pupils.
Ministers will also set up a working group to look at music tuition fees, which can vary across councils. (via BBC News - Scottish schools to get extra £1m for musical instruments)
Ethiopia, Namibia, and Cote D’Ivoire have been selected as the first three countries for the implementation of a new project on quality education through teacher training supported by UNESCO and the Government of China.
MIAMI - Elementary schools without drama classes. High schools with large numbers of poor students that do not offer music.
Those are two of the bleaker pictures that emerged Monday from a report by the U.S. Department of Education on the state of arts education.
Fewer public elementary schools are offering visual arts, dance and drama classes than a decade ago, a decline many attribute to budget cuts and an increased focus on math and reading. The percentage of elementary schools with a visual arts class declined from 87 to 83 percent. In drama, the drop was larger: From 20 percent to 4 percent in the 2009-10 school year.
