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As schools closed around the world due to COVID-19, many governments acted quickly to try and ensure that students continued learning through a number of distance learning modalities. As the crisis developed, the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed large inequalities in access to technology and has led to a global widening of gaps between those with…, i Guidance on Distance Learning Modalities for every child GUIDANCE ON DISTANCE LEARNING MODALITIESTO REACH ALL CHILDREN AND YOUTH DURING SCHOOL CLOSURES Focusing on low- and no-tech modalities to reach the most marginalized ii Guidance on Distance Learning Modalities UNICEF Regional Office for South AsiaLainchaur, Lekhnath MargKathmandu,…

This Report is part of the global Out-of-School Children Initiative (OOSCI), which is a joint initiative by UNICEF and UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). The initiative is aimed at providing support for countries in reducing or eliminating incidences of out-of-school children using pre-primary, primary and secondary school datasets as well as…, 1CHAPTER ONE: BACKGROUND ChildrenOut of SchoolMalaysia | The Sabah Context Published by the United Nations Childrens' Fund, Malaysia. UNICEF Malaysia 2019. All rights reserved.First published in October 2019. ISBN 978-967-16117-6-0 United Nations Childrens' FundMenara PJHLevel 10, No. 2Jalan Tun Abdul RazakPrecinct 2, 62100Putrajaya, Malaysia www.…

This fact sheet presents the latest UIS data on education available as of September 2019. Despite the extensive work being done to implement  Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4), which promises to provide universal primary and secondary education, evidence suggests that there has been little reduction in the global numbers of out-of-school…, Fact Sheet no. 56 September 2019 UIS/2019/ED/FS/56 New Methodology Shows that 258 Million Children, Adolescents and Youth Are Out of School This fact sheet presents the latest UIS data on education available as of September 2019. Three years after the adoption of Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) and the promise to provide universal primary…

The fundamental right to education for every child is clearly acknowledged in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which marks its 30th anniversary this year. Thanks to the rapid advances in education provision over the past few decades in East Asia and Pacific, there has been considerable progress in integrating out-of-school children…, LEARNING AGAINST THE ODDS Evidence and Policies to Support All Out-of-School Children and Adolescents in East Asia and Pacific Learning Against the Odds Evidence and Policies to Support All Out-of-School Children and Adolescents in East Asia and Pacific UNICEF EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC REGIONAL OFFICE AUGUST 2019 2 Foreword The fundamental right to…

Developed within the framework of Cameroon-UNICEF cooperation, this study on out-of-school children and adolescents, the subject of this report, aims to contribute to a better understanding of the magnitude and extent of the phenomenon in Cameroon. This study is part of the Global Initiative for Out-of-School Children. Using administrative data…, Rpublique du CamerounPaix Travail Patrie Ministre de lducation de Base CAMEROUNtude sur les enfants non scolariss CAMEROUNtude sur les enfants non scolariss mission et rvision Rfrence de document: Information class: Standard This document is issued for the party which commissioned it and for specific purposes connected with the above-captioned…

The National Strategy on out-of-school children (OOSC) is a holistic framework that reflects the commitment of the Eritrean Government to help children who have never been to school or have dropped out due to different barriers. It articulates the principles, strategic objectives, actions, coordination mechanisms, and resources that will ensure…, NATIONAL STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK FOR OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN (OOSC) MINISTRY OF EDUCATION December, 2018 ERITREA 1 I Content Outline Pages i. Acronyms 2 ii. Executive Summary 3 1. Introduction 5 1.1 Methods 1.2 Guiding Principles 6 6 2.Situation of OOSC in Eritrea 7 3. Strategic Framework 10 3.1 Goals 10 3.2 Strategic Areas of Focus…

In the State of Palestine, very few children of primary school age are excluded from education, but nearly five per cent of 10-15-year-old children and one out of three 6-9 year-olds with disabilities are out of school. The aim of this study is to identify who these excluded children are, where they live, and to understand why they are not in…, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICAOUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN INITIATIVE July 2018 ALL IN SCHOOL STATE OF PALESTINECOUNTRY REPORT ON OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN JULY 2018 STATE OF PALESTINECOUNTRY REPORT ON OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICAOUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN INITIATIVE ALL IN SCHOOL Contents List of figures iv List of Abbreviations v Preface…

This report investigates the magnitude and the nature of the problem of out-of-school children in Eswatini, considering the pre-primary, primary, lower secondary and senior secondary phases. The objective is to identify and consolidate the main issues regarding out-of-school children to inform further systematic research into this issue in…, A REPORT ON OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN IN ESWATINI MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING 2018 for every child Design and layout: www.itldesign.co.zaCover photo: UNICEF Eswatini 2009 / Giacomo Pirozzi. Copyright: Eswatini Ministry of Education and Training, 2018 Publication date: July, 2018 Acknowledgements This report was commissioned for the Eswatini…

In the wake of persistent fragility and conflict, at least 2.2 million school-aged children are estimated to be out of school with thousands more at risk of dropping out. The number of out-of-school children (OOSC) in South Sudan has increased in recent years and this trend is projected to continue, reaching over 2.4 million in the next two years…, GLOBAL INITIATIVE ON OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN SOUTH SUDAN COUNTRY STUDY Global Initiative on OutGlobal Initiative on OutGlobal Initiative on OutGlobal Initiative on Out----ofofofof----School ChildrenSchool ChildrenSchool ChildrenSchool Children South Sudan Country StudySouth Sudan Country StudySouth Sudan Country StudySouth Sudan Country Study May…

The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan has achieved enormous progress in the education sector since 2001. Educational access in terms of infrastructure and enrolment – in particular that of girls – has improved dramatically. However, this significant report estimates that as many as 3.2 million children in Afghanistan remain out of school, accounting…, GLOBAL INITIATIVE ONOUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN ALL CHILDREN IN SCHOOL AND LEARNING AFGHANISTAN COUNTRY STUDY Ministry of Education, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) 2018 Cover photo: A young girl attends a community-based school under a tent in a returnee settlement in Laghman province in eastern Afghanistan…

The evaluation aimed to verify the contribution of UNICEF and partners, as part of the OOSC Initiative, in opening up learning opportunities – formal, non-formal or informal – for all children, and to enable the programme to meet its accountabilities to OOSCI donors. The evaluation covers the period 2010 to 2016 (from inception to the publication…, EVALUATION REPORT Formative Evaluation February 2018 The Out-of-School Children Initiative (OOSCI) EVALUATION REPORT Formative Evaluation February 2018 The Out-of-School Children Initiative (OOSCI) FORMATIVE EVALUATION OF THE OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN INITIATIVE (OOSCI) United Nations Childrens Fund, New York, 2018 United Nations Childrens Fund Three…

This study provides a methodology for exhaustive analysis of educational statistics, generating indicators that allow characterization of the situation of children who are out of school or are at risk of being out of school, based on five dimensions of exclusion. The analysis focuses on excluded girls and boys at the pre-primary grade, the primary…, NIOS Y NIASFUERA DE LA ESCUELA EN LA REPBLICA DOMINICANA NIOS Y NIASFUERA DE LA ESCUELA EN LA REPBLICA DOMINICANA NIOS Y NIAS FUERA DE LA ESCUELA EN LA REPBLICA DOMINICANA Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia (UNICEF), oficina de pas de la Repblica Dominicana y Ministerio de Educacin, diciembre 2017. Equipo coordinador Oficina Nacional de…