Education

The Global Out-of-School Children Initiative (OOSCI) Operational Manual is both a how-to guide for teams conducting an OOSCI study, and a resource guide for the broader education community concerned with equity and inclusion. For teams conducting an OOSCI study, it presents an innovative and systematic approach to determine the best policies and…

Data is the cornerstone of the Out-of-School Children Initiative (OOSCI). It is the basis on which the initiative is able to make recommendations on policy and practices that will allow more children to attend school. The Initiative has produced a number of resources with detailed information outlining the educational situation both regionally and…, Related links, Jump to:   UN   |   UNICEF   |   UNESCO   |   ILO   |   UNGEI   |   Other  , United Nations (UN), Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) : Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) Education Cannot Wait (ECW) : United Nations…, Workshop templates, OOSCI branded workshop templates to be used by OOSCI national teams to develop presentations and process workshops. Four process workshop templates (Launch, Data and profiles, Barrier identification, and Policies and strategies) include a proposed workshop structure and content, which follow the agendas outlined in in the Operational Manual Annex…, Social media templates, OOSCI branded social media assets to be used by OOSCI national teams to publicize OOSCI-related events and disseminate national studies and related products. Available for download in image or PowerPoint format. Image files: Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | X (formerly Twitter) Get the document Document 01 August 2023 Social media templates OOSCI…, Partner resources, Visit the page Page 23 July 2023 Partner resources Visit the page Document 22 July 2023, Data Inventory and Quality Assessment Tool, This tool is designed to produce a comprehensive overview of data sources available in the context of an out-of-school children study, assess the reliability of each, and identify important differences between them that may lead to different estimates of the number of out-of-school children and children at risk of dropout. Get the document…, OOSCI Operational Manual: Policy and strategy recommendations, This section of the OOSCI Operational Manual includes guidance for choosing the policies and associated recommendations to support children, adolescents and youth in the seven dimensions of exclusion (7DE). It provides suggestions for writing and structuring the policies chapter of an OOSCI study. The purpose of the policies chapter is to help…, A…, 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…, OOSCI Operational Manual: Data sources and profiles of children, View in full by downloading the OOSCI Operational Manual, Data sources and indicators, The data sources and indicators section of the OOSCI Operational Manual includes the steps required to source, appraise, and prepare the data needed to conduct an OOSCI study, identify gaps and limitations, and produce the basic quantitative profile of out-of-…, OOSCI Operational Manual: Introduction, The purpose of the OOSCI Operational Manual is to guide out-of-school children studies and inform broader advocacy, analysis and engagement with out-of-school children and children at risk of dropping out. At the global level, the international community has adopted ambitious Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets that include ensuring that…,…, Global publications and papers, We hope that these publications and papers help governments and partners to better target and support the most vulnerable children for inclusive and equitable quality education., Didn’t find what you are looking for? Visit the page Page 12 June 2023 Global publications and papers We hope that these publications and papers help governments and…, Our mission, Children who miss out on school are among the most vulnerable and hard to reach in the world. They come from the poorest households and often have to work to help support their families. Some face discrimination as ethnic minorities. Others live with disabilities. Often they are girls. Half of the children who do not attend school live in…, Data…, Homepage, About the initiative, Children who miss out on school are among the most vulnerable and hard to reach in the world. They come from the poorest households and often have to work to help support their families. Some face discrimination as ethnic minorities. Others live with disabilities. Often they are girls. Half of the children who do not attend…

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These reports build on the country studies on out-of-school children in carried out in their respective regions. We hope that these reports help governments and partners to better target and support the most vulnerable children for inclusive and equitable quality education., Latest regional reports, All regional reports and studies, Didn’t find what you are looking for?

Country study findings are underpinned by quantitative data and are envisaged to stimulate education policy dialogue amongst stakeholders and strengthen evidence-informed and equity-focused education planning and programming. We hope that these reports help governments and partners to better target and support the most vulnerable children for…, Related links, Jump to:   UN   |   UNICEF   |   UNESCO   |   ILO   |   UNGEI   |   Other  , United Nations (UN), Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) : Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) Education Cannot Wait (ECW) : United Nations…, Workshop templates, OOSCI branded workshop templates to be used by OOSCI national teams to develop presentations and process workshops. Four process workshop templates (Launch, Data and profiles, Barrier identification, and Policies and strategies) include a proposed workshop structure and content, which follow the agendas outlined in in the Operational Manual Annex…, Social media templates, OOSCI branded social media assets to be used by OOSCI national teams to publicize OOSCI-related events and disseminate national studies and related products. Available for download in image or PowerPoint format. Image files: Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | X (formerly Twitter) Get the document Document 01 August 2023 Social media templates OOSCI…, Partner resources, Visit the page Page 23 July 2023 Partner resources Visit the page Document 22 July 2023, Data Inventory and Quality Assessment Tool, This tool is designed to produce a comprehensive overview of data sources available in the context of an out-of-school children study, assess the reliability of each, and identify important differences between them that may lead to different estimates of the number of out-of-school children and children at risk of dropout. Get the document…, OOSCI Operational Manual: Policy and strategy recommendations, This section of the OOSCI Operational Manual includes guidance for choosing the policies and associated recommendations to support children, adolescents and youth in the seven dimensions of exclusion (7DE). It provides suggestions for writing and structuring the policies chapter of an OOSCI study. The purpose of the policies chapter is to help…, A…, 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…, OOSCI Operational Manual: Data sources and profiles of children, View in full by downloading the OOSCI Operational Manual, Data sources and indicators, The data sources and indicators section of the OOSCI Operational Manual includes the steps required to source, appraise, and prepare the data needed to conduct an OOSCI study, identify gaps and limitations, and produce the basic quantitative profile of out-of-…, OOSCI Operational Manual: Introduction, The purpose of the OOSCI Operational Manual is to guide out-of-school children studies and inform broader advocacy, analysis and engagement with out-of-school children and children at risk of dropping out. At the global level, the international community has adopted ambitious Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets that include ensuring that…,…, Global publications and papers, We hope that these publications and papers help governments and partners to better target and support the most vulnerable children for inclusive and equitable quality education., Didn’t find what you are looking for? Visit the page Page 12 June 2023 Global publications and papers We hope that these publications and papers help governments and…, Our mission, Children who miss out on school are among the most vulnerable and hard to reach in the world. They come from the poorest households and often have to work to help support their families. Some face discrimination as ethnic minorities. Others live with disabilities. Often they are girls. Half of the children who do not attend school live in…, Data…, Homepage, About the initiative, Children who miss out on school are among the most vulnerable and hard to reach in the world. They come from the poorest households and often have to work to help support their families. Some face discrimination as ethnic minorities. Others live with disabilities. Often they are girls. Half of the children who do not attend…, Didn’t find what you are looking for?

Despite commendable progress on expanding school access at the pre-primary, primary, and secondary school levels, educational disparities and high out-of-school rates persist in the Ethiopian education sector. Moreover, recent developments such as the global COVID-19 pandemic and armed conflicts, inter-communal violence, and humanitarian crises in…

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on children’s learning across all education levels in Indonesia. This issue brief outlines the findings of monitoring on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the likelihood of children and adolescents continuing their education, with a focus on out-of-school children and those at risk of dropping…

The objective of this study was to enable the Ministry of National Education and Scientific Research to identify the bottlenecks and obstacles which not only prevent the schooling of children, but also the retention of children in basic education. June 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has had potentially very serious consequences for many children whose education and development have been badly affected by repeated and/or protracted school closures. At its peak, nationwide school closures impacted more than 1.5 billion learners, or over 90 per cent of the world’s student population, from pre-primary to…

This study documents and analyzes the school exclusion of children of pre-primary to secondary school age in Madagascar, and of school children who are at risk of dropping out of school regardless of their age. This study is based on the use of the following available data sources: The third general population and housing census of 2018 (RGPH-3)…

Ten years after the launch of the Global Initiative for Out-of-School Children (OOSCI), it should be noted that while progress has been made in the fight against school exclusion, the scale of what remains to be done is still considerable, in West and Central Africa in particular. Between 2010 and 2018 the rate of children and adolescents outside…

The Ethiopian education system has faced many challenges in achieving access to quality education for all. As a result of efforts made over the last two and a half decades, remarkable improvements have been made. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought further challenges, as school closures have increased the number of out-of-school children (OOSC).…