Makangwane: a fight for effective relief to historic injustice
Vuyisile Malinga , SECTION27
Thursday, 26 July, 2018
Learners at Makangwane Secondary School in South Africa have for too long been deprived of the fundamental rights enshrined in the constitution but on the 26th of June, 2018 the Polokwane High Court... Read more
Using international accountability mechanisms: A test case for private education in Kenya
Linda Oduor-Noah
Tuesday, 22 May, 2018
This post was originally published on the World Education Blog on May 16, 2018Bridge International Academies (Bridge) is a multinational, for-profit chain of low cost private schools that entered the... Read more
Evidence before marketing: recalling the known, independently verified facts about Bridge International Academies
113 NGO and civil society organisations
Monday, 23 April, 2018
This post was originally posted in Norrag's website. After over two years of research and engagement, 88 organisations published an open letter on the 1st March 2018 calling on the 24 known investors... Read more
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A separate but equal classroom?: The Indian desegregation
Pallavi Mohan & Sanjana Srikumar - @Vidhi_India
Thursday, 8 March, 2018
‘In the field of public education, the doctrine of "separate but equal" has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.'In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court made the above... Read more
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Geneva consultation: Debating the Human rights guiding principles on state obligations with regards to private involvement in education
Phoebe Shambaugh and Sarah French
Thursday, 22 February, 2018
On 5 February 2018, at the Graduate Institute, Geneva, academics and representatives from states, civil society organisations, UN offices, human rights treaty bodies, and the private sector gathered... Read more
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Global Education Monitoring Report - @GEMReport
Monday, 11 December, 2017
Although the majority of countries recognise the right to education through international and national law, the fulfilment of the right to education is far from being a reality. This is why we have... Read more
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Celebrating the right to education on International Human Rights Day
Kate Moriarty - @Kate__Moriarty
Friday, 8 December, 2017
The 10th December, International Human Rights Day, is an opportunity to celebrate the remarkable vision of shared values and principles set out nearly 70 years ago in the Universal Declaration of... Read more
Learners with disabilities go to court in South Africa for appropriate school transport
Bhavna Ramji
Tuesday, 7 November, 2017
The South African Constitution guarantees everyone the right to a basic education, but the Department of Basic Education estimates that 597,000 children with disabilities (out of 829,000) are out of... Read more
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Initial reflections on ‘Accountability in education: Meeting our commitments’
David Archer - @DavidArcherAA
Tuesday, 24 October, 2017
The new Global Education Monitoring Report is ground-breaking in placing accountability at the centre of its attention. As the report notes, the concept of accountability was shockingly absent from... Read more
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Menstruation, the right to education and India’s positive obligations
Sanjana Srikumar - @Vidhi_India
Monday, 18 September, 2017
The link between menstruation and the goals of gender justice is a complicated one - whether it is the debate surrounding the controversial first-day-of-period leave introduced by some offices or... Read more
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