OOSCI Operational Manual: Barriers to education
Overview, In the OOSCI framework, barriers are understood as the factors that contribute to school exclusion. These may be push factors, which are exclusionary factors that originate within the schooling system itself (e.g., expulsion, irrelevant curriculum). Pull factors comprise those influences outside school that lead to drop out (e.g., labour, family…, Common barriers to education, Four children write on a whiteboard with one girl facing the other way smiles at the camera Gender discrimination, In some regions, boys’ educational opportunities are limited by gender roles that force them to work rather than attend school. These financial responsibilities are often increased in boys’ adolescent years, making it difficult for them to complete secondary school in some regions. However, in many parts of the world, girls are most often the…, A teenage boy lays bricks out to dry in the sun Child labour, Child labour poses one of the greatest risks to school participation. Though most children who work also attend school, the need to work is one of the factors that hamper children’s ability to learn and succeed in school. It is also considered a factor in decisions to drop out of school. Evidence gathered from countries involved in the Out-of-…, A child soldier in military fatigues sitting down with a gun resting on his shoulder Conflict, In some regions, political upheaval and war cause conflict. In other areas, conflict is perpetuated violence linked to organized crime, drugs and gang warfare. Armed conflict is one of the most devastating barriers to education and threatens children’s future development. Conflict creates some obvious threats to education including the loss of…, A young student is assited with writing by an adult sitting beside her Lack of inclusive education for children with disabilities, Children with disabilities have the same right to education as children who do not have disabilities. However, in practice, children with disabilities are very often excluded from learning opportunities. The reasons include: Lack of accessible school buildings Limited number of teachers trained to teach in inclusive settings Inflexible and…, A group of young children stand in a line with the girl at the front of the line holding a piece of paper with Khmer script on it in a basket Language challenges, Reports from countries and regions involved in the Out-of-School Children Initiative have indicated that children from communities marginalized because of ethnicity face significant barriers to education. For example, children from marginalized ethnic groups in Bolivia, Ecuador, India and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic are up to three times…, For your study, Two young boys studying at home during covid lockdown, India. Identify key barriers to education, The identification and analysis of barriers starts with a desk review of evidence of the factors that deter children from going to, and staying in, school. Much of this evidence will be familiar to the study team. However, the review should aim to explore a range of sources including: previous OOSCI reports; academic studies; findings from field…, Class 4 students working against the clock to complete questions during a "rotating workshops" activity in Suango Primary School, Efate in Suango, Port Vila, Vanuatu Prioritize barriers and link them to profiles of children in the 7DE, Once the desk review and additional primary research have been completed, and barriers categorized against the Monitoring Results for Equity System (MoRES) framework or alternative conceptual frameworks, the study team can begin to systematically link these barriers to the profiles of children in the 7DE. The next step is identifying the most…, A boy (12) solves the math sums on the blackboard during his class in UNICEF-supported camp schools. Pakistan Develop the barriers chapter structure and narrative, The chapter in your study that results from the methods outlined in this section should tell a cohesive story about why the children in the 7DE are out of school or at risk of dropping out. There are two goals of this analysis: First, the analysis will likely identify a wide range of barriers. The guidance in Section 5 of the OOSCI Operational…, Related resources
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