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to OneWorld South Asia. Bringing together a network
of people and groups working for human rights and sustainable
development from across the globe.
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Education is the backbone of national development and is widely accepted as an instrument of social change. India has been an active partner in the worldwide movement for education for All that began in 1990 in Jomtien followed by Millennium development goals. The important issues which need immediate attention to achieve MDG targets in Education are as follow.
18-11-2008
Hundreds of students, teachers and activists marched in a recent nationwide rally in India organised by the human rights body to demand access to safe education. The event was part of its ongoing campaign to ensure appropriate
legal frameworks for creating a violence-free environment for girls in schools.
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Image: School children participate in the rally / Photo credit: Amnesty
18-11-2008
A study done in Delhi's resettlement colonies in 200 schools shows that deworming programmes can be an effective health intervention in improving student participation in India. Also claimed to be highly cost-effective, these findings were first revealed in a similar study in Kenya's primary schools.
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Image: A child receives deworming medicines in school / Photo credit: Hindustan Times
21-07-2008
Founder of IT for Change Gurumurthy Kasinathan agrees that ICTs can help achieve some critical priorities in India’s education sector. Yet he notes the formation of a group to draft a national policy on ICT in school education has more members from IT majors – Intel and Microsoft – than educationists.
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24-10-2008
In its annual event Digital Empowerment Foundation facilitated innovation in the field of ICT. The Manthan Awards 2008, celebrated recently in the Indian capital, recognised contributions of 33 initiatives across diverse categories.
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Image: The Manthan Awardees/ Photo credit: www.manthanaward.com
13-10-2008
Plan's new report, Learn without fear is an extension of the global campaign to end violence in schools where millions of children are subjected to sexual violence, corporal punishment and bullying by teachers. The report envisions a world where children can dream of learning without the fear of being abused.
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Image: Learning without fear/ Photo credit: Plan
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OneWorld South Asia''s Seventh
Annual Regional Meeting on February 8-9, 2008, at New Delhi, focused on Southern voices and
perspectives on the Climate Change debate.
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