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Comisión Africana advierte a Uganda sobre la privatización de la educación

 

África/ Uganda/Marzo 2016/ Fuente y Autor: Campaña Latinoamericana por el Derecho a la Educación (Tatiana)

La Comisión Africana de Derechos Humanos y de los Pueblos (Comisión Africana) manifestó su preocupación, a través de una serie de recomendaciones publicadas esta semana, sobre el aumento y la falta de regulación de las escuelas privadas en Uganda, lo cual podría constituir una violación a la Carta Africana de Derechos Humanos y de los Pueblos. La Comisión Africana afirma, en tono preocupante, que “la creación de mayor cantidad de escuelas privadas (…) puede tener como consecuencia la discriminación de niños y niñas de hogares de bajos ingresos”. También indicó que “el gobierno ha promovido el crecimiento de la educación privada”, lo cual “es preocupante, ya que hace pensar que el gobierno está deslindando gradualmente la responsabilidad de brindar una educación pública con calidad”.

Por consiguiente, la Comisión Africana recomendó que Uganda “aumente su inversión en la educación pública para acompañar la creciente matriculación, asegurar la calidad de la educación y así evitar que las madres y los padres recurran a la educación privada”. También solicitó que Uganda “regule la calidad de la educación provista en las escuelas privadas”.

Las recomendaciones realizadas por la Comisión Africana aparecieron poco después de que otro organismo de derechos humanos, el Comité de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales de la ONU, hiciera recomendaciones similares a Uganda. Tan solo unos meses atrás, en junio de 2015, este comité de la ONU que se encuentra a cargo de monitorear las obligaciones con los derechos humanos de los Estados miembros, declaró que Uganda debe “asumir la principal responsabilidad por la provisión de una educación con calidad para todos/as los niños y las niñas”, “a través de regulaciones más estrictas y mayores mecanismos de monitoreo y supervisión de las instituciones de educación privada”.

En respuesta a la observación de la comisión, Nakulima Saphina, Oficial Superior de Programas de la Iniciativa por los Derechos Económicos y Sociales (ISER, por sus siglas en inglés), quien condujo una investigación sobre el impacto de la privatización de la educación sobre el derecho a la educación en Uganda, presentada a la Comisión Africana, afirmó: “que las recomendaciones de la comisión han sido muy acertadas. La investigación reflejó claramente que el aumento del número de escuelas privadas en el país constituía una amenaza para los niños y las niñas de hogares de bajos ingresos y para el desarrollo y la cohesión social del país”.

Namusobya Salima, Directora Ejecutiva de ISER, a su vez respondió: “Me complace saber que la Comisión Africana se ha sumado a los esfuerzos del Comité de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales de la ONU, exigiendo a Uganda que se centre en el fortalecimiento del sistema de educación pública para evitar la proliferación de actores privados en el sector, lo cual deriva en discriminación, creciente desigualdad y otras consecuencias negativas para la realización del derecho a la educación”.

Por lo tanto, ISER exhorta al gobierno de Uganda a tomar medidas concretas con el fin de abordar los temas mencionados en las observaciones sobre el informe del Estado de Uganda, realizadas por la Comisión Africana y por el Comité de la ONU. También solicita a las autoridades que presenten un plan de acción para la implementación, con el fin de regular a los centros educativos privados, para asegurar el acceso universal y la calidad de la educación para todos/as los niños y las niñas de Uganda. Finalmente, ISER también convoca a todos los actores interesados, incluyendo a la Comisión de Derechos Humanos de Uganda, la Comisión de Igualdad de Oportunidades y toda la sociedad civil, a monitorear al gobierno en la implementación de las observaciones concluyentes.

 

Fuente de la Noticia: http://www.campanaderechoeducacion.org/privatizacion/siguiendo-los-pasos-de-la-onu-la-comision-africana-advierte-a-uganda-sobre-la-privatizacion-de-la-educacion/

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Rwanda:New Curriculum to Promote Sex Education in Schools

 

África/Rwanda/Marzo 2016/Fuente: The New Times Rwanda/Autor:Donah Mbabazi

Resumen: Se realizo capacitación a profesores organizada por el Ministerio de Educación a través del Consejo de Educación de Ruanda, sobre las caracteristicas claves del nuevo plan de estudios en el cual se incorpora la educación sexual integral.

Comprehensive sexuality education is vital in curbing cases of unwanted pregnancies and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases as it ensures that young people are equipped with competencies they need to make safe and responsible choices about their sexual and reproductive health.

The remarks were made by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) representative, Jozef Maerien, last Thursday during the official launch of a teacher-training programme geared towards equipping teachers and stakeholders in the education sector on key features of the new curriculum and learner-centred teaching methodologies.

The three-day training also aimed at providing deans of studies from 1,508 secondary schools from 30 districts an overview on the importance of comprehensive sexuality education.

Maerien stressed that preparing young people for the transition to adulthood has always been a great challenge which the new curriculum hopes to address.

Comprehensive sexuality education emphasises a holistic approach to human development and sexuality. It views sexuality within the context of emotional and social development and also promotes human rights, knowledge, as well as skills for prevention of HIV and unwanted pregnancies.

«Young people receive a range of conflicting messages about sexuality on a daily basis but how we meet this challenge is our greatest opportunity in breaking the trajectory,» he added.

Parents need to be able to address the physical and behavioural aspects so that children are able to make responsible decisions regarding relationships and sexuality, he noted.

Janvier Gasana, the director-general of Rwanda Education Board, said potential partners should embrace the approach of a comprehensive sexuality education and sensitise all stakeholders for successful implementation.

«We need to do everything we can so that young people get the right guidance. With this era of technology they are so exposed and that’s why a sensitive approach is needed to put them on the right track. However this needs to be approached well so that the beneficiaries are not pushed in the opposite direction,» he said.

The training was organised by the Ministry of Education through Rwanda Education Board in collaboration with One UN.

Fuente de la noticia:http://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/article/2016-03-23/198250/

Fuente de la imagen:http://www.newtimes.co.rw/files/photos/1458675700Officials-take-a-group-photo-with-the-deans-of-students.jpg

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«Teaching as a Profession: Requirements for Equitable Quality Education»

Fuente:.teachersforefa.unesco.org/   Among the actions ascribed to the TTF is the monitoring of the teacher gaps to inform appropriate and responsive policies at global and country levels. According to the 2013/2014 EFA Global Monitoring Report, projections based on data from 2011 show that 5.2 million teachers would have to be recruited between 2011 and 2015 in order to meet the Universal Primary Education (UPE) goal by 2015 (EFA goal 2). Country-level and regional discrepancies exist. But teacher shortage and quality are a global concern and are influenced by changing education demands.

Building on the ground work done by the GMR, the TTF proposes to deepen the review of prevailing policy provisions on the teaching profession around the world and map out requirements for the profession in different contexts to inform implementation of post-2015 education agenda. 25 countries are identify for this report.

For more information about the international thematic report 2015, please consult the concept note.

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Boaventura de Sousa Santos se incorpora al equipo editorial de Otras Voces en Educación

OVE Noticias/ Marzo de 2016/

El 1 de febrero de 2016 nació el portal otrasvocesenedcacion.org.  En solo dos meses de actividad ha alcanzado la cifra de 520000 visitas, demostrando que si es posible hacer comunicación alternativa en educación desde una perspectiva crítica y con alcance mundial. El portal cuenta con numerosos colaboradores nacionales e internacionales entre los que se cuentan Henry Giroux, Iliana Lo Priore, Daniel Libreros, Marianicer Figueroa, Pablo Imen, María Magdalena Saurraute,  Salete Valesan, José Eduardo Hermoso, Bill Ayers, Luz Palomino, Peter Mclaren, Dulmar Pérez, Jurjo Torres Santomé, Keyla Cañizales,  Herman Van de Velde, Rosemary  Hernández, Oswualdo González, Mariangela Petrizo, Olmedo Beluche, Juan Echenique, Tom Griffths, Jesús Campos, Alberto Croce, Zuleika Matamoros,  entre otros pedagogos e investigadores educativos de todo el mundo.

El portal es además una publicación permanente con numero serial registrado (ISSN) que está incorporando secciones como consulta semanal a los lectores, revista arbitrada trimestral y programas educativos en formato de radio, entre otras tantas iniciativas.

En las últimas horas se recibió la información que el prestigioso educador Boaventura de Sousa Santos, autor de numerosas publicaciones, miembro del Consejo Directivo del Foro Social Mundial (FSM)  y creador de la Universidad de los Movimientos Sociales  se une al equipo editorial del portal otras voces en educación, así lo informó Luis Bonilla-Molina quien funge como coordinador internacional de la iniciativa.  Bonilla reiteró la invitación para que los maestros, profesores universitarios, investigadores y comunidad en general escriban sus artículos sobre educación y remitan noticias para publicar en este portal especializado en educación, ciencia, cultura e información.

Los interesados pueden enviar sus artículos y noticias a contacto@otrasvoceseneducacion.org

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Cross River Union, Board Disagree on Teacher Audit

África/Nigeria/Marzo 2016/Fuente: Vanguard. Autor: Ike Uchechukwu

¿Qué ocurre cuando en una institución educativa se detectan anomalías en los títulos de sus docentes? ¿Qué ocurre cuando ésta cirunstancia es detectada como una anomalía de amplio alcance en un sistema educativo? En Nigeria, se han detectado algunos problemas en los certificaos de docentes e distintas instituciones e, incluso, problemas en las certificaciones que se extienden a la falsificación y forjado  de documentos. El texto que a continuación reproducimos nos relata los hallazgos de una auditoría realizada en Nigeria, y la reacción de los docentes afectados o no, quienes a través de la organización que los representa, manifiestan sentirse humillados y estigmatizados.

The Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, in Cross Rivers State and the State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, are at daggers drawn over the latter’s conduct of personnel audit of teachers in the state.

The bickering reached a climax penultimate week when hundreds of NUT members marched through the major streets of Calabar with placards calling for a halt to the exercise citing alleged humiliation and seizure of their certificates by the SUBEB.

Some of the placards read: «NUT rejects the seizure of original certificates of teachers» and «NUT will never defend fake certificates nor ghost workers», among others.

The state NUT Chairman, Mr. Eyo-Nsa Itam had stated during the protest that it was wrong for SUBEB to confiscate the certificates of teachers on the claim that they were not genuine.

NUT decries alleged disgrace meted to members

Itam, who presented their grievances to the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mr. John Lebo, decried the alleged humiliation of teachers by the SUBEB screening team in virtually all the local government areas visited and called for the immediate sack of the board and return of the confiscated certificates.

He said: «We are here at the state Assembly because we know that the laws emanate from the House. We also know that every political appointee is screened by the House. We want to find out if the SUBEB chairman was asked to seize the original certificates of teachers.

«If we have teachers with fake certificates, they are on their own, we will not support them. Our grievance is with the humiliation where so many teachers were not screened for flimsy excuses while certificates were seized. NUT as a body has rejected the so-called screening. For there to be screening, all the stakeholders must be carried along.»

Dead teacher allegedly draws salary

But the SUBEB chairman, Dr Stephen Odey, while defending the screening exercise said it was to correct obvious anomalies in the system.

He said there had been allegations of ghost teachers and dead persons still drawing salaries, citing the case of a teacher, who died in 2014 but collected salary up till January 2016.

He said: «They never gave me any opportunity neither did they hear from me, I was shocked to see and read in the media allegations from the NUT of how I collected, seized and confiscated certificates.»

«I can confidently tell you that no teacher or any non-teaching staff has been sacked or indicted, I believe I should put the records straight so that Nigerians will know; those allegations are malicious and baseless I could not have stooped so low to pour water on my fellow colleagues (teachers). It is ridiculous that a man of my calibre could be accused for such, I will resign if anyone can come out to prove it,» he said.

He further told Niger Delta Voice that his report would shock Cross River people when it is made public. «The personnel audit is not to witch-hunt any teacher or identify ghost teachers but to also redeploy teachers who have been wrongly placed. There was a teacher who was employed as a nanny after obtaining her NCE she is still in the same position but we did the right thing, I instantly upgraded the teacher.»

Odey however explained that if any teacher’s certificate is suspected to be fake or forged it was his responsibility and that of the board to do something about it stressing that some of their, NUT, branch leaders were with them during the exercise in the Northern Senatorial district.

House of Assembly intervenes, backs screening exercise

Meanwhile, the State House of Assembly has waded into the matter and directed that the screening exercise be put on hold pending the conclusion of investigations into the rift between the NUT and SUBEB.

The House of Assembly made its position known when the SUBEB chairman, Dr Stephen Odey appeared before a special committee set up by the Speaker, Hon John Lebo after the NUT took their protest to the House of Assembly over the «way and manner » the screening exercise was being conducted.

The Special committee Chairman, Hon Friday Okpeche lauded the effort of SUBEB in trying to rid the system of ghost teachers and other forms of irregularities within the primary school system.

«There is no way the Cross River State House of Assembly will allow this kind of rot in the system to continue, we will give you the needed support to succeed in your mandate,» Okpeche stated.

According to him, SUBEB is a creation of the law of the House of Assembly and as such there was no way they would not give their own the needed support.

While calling on the SUBEB boss to carry out his duty diligently within the provisions of the law, the chairman of the special committee however disclosed that the screening exercise has been put on hold pending the conclusion of investigations into the «rift» between the two bodies.

More revelations

The SUBEB boss, Dr. Odey made further startling revelations before the committee that over 200 teachers had been identified as using forged certificate in the system with only nine local government out of the 18 covered in the exercise while some institutions were yet to reply the letters written by SUBEB.

«We have written to several institutions including Colleges of Education in Akampka and Obudu. For instance, in the Ministry of Education, we forwarded 82 names for the verification of their certificates, 60 of such teachers forged their certificates,» Odey disclosed.

Fuente de la noticia:http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/nut-subeb-daggers-drawn-audit-teachers-cross-river/

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Zimbabwe: Man Jailed for Using Fake Academic Results

 

África/Zimbabwe/Marzo 2016/Fuente: NewZimbabwe.Com/Autor: Midlands Corresponsal

Resumen: Un hombre fue encarcelado por falsificar resultados para obtener un lugar en la Universidad Estatal de Midlands

Tawanda Fohlo, 21, faced fraud charges when he appeared before magistrate Tayengwa Chibanda.

He was sentenced to six months in prison but the court suspended four months on conditions.

Fohlo, who kept shaking his head in disbelief after the sentence, had pleaded with magistrate to spare him jail saying he did not know that his actions constituted a serious offence.

«Your worship please spare me jail. I did not know that what I did constituted a serious offence,» said Fohlo.

Prosecutors told the court that on March 8, Fohlo went to MSU and tendered a fake Advanced Level result slip to Ignatius Njini who works in the institution’s records and archives department.

Njini however, noticed that the results slip was fake and alerted authorities at the MSU who in turn made a police report leading to Fohlo’s arrest.

Fuente de la noticia:http://www.newzimbabwe.com/news-28400-Man+fakes+results+to+get+into+Uni,+caged/news.aspx

Fuente de la imagen:http://newsbite.it/public/images/articles/MSU-1.jpg

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Sudáfrica: ‘Ghost’ Pupils and Teachers Drain Education Finances

 

África/Sudáfrica/Marzo 2016/Fuente y Autor:Inkatha Freedom Party

Resumen: Noticia en la cual se denuncia que el presupuesto educativo estaría siendo consumido por estudiantes y profesores que no se encuentran activamente dentro del sistema educativo.

The Inkatha Freedom Party in KwaZulu-Natal is of the firm belief that the blame for the presence of «ghost» pupils and teachers must be laid at the doorstep of corrupt school principals and incompetent department officials.

«After insisting on ID numbers for pupils it was revealed that about 11 000 pupils are registered at more than one school at the same time. It is also staggering to hear reports that the number of «ghost» pupils for the province could be as high as 2.6million. This is a damning indictment not only on the school principals involved but also on the KZN Department of Education and its senior officials. Head counts for both pupils and teachers have been ongoing since 2010 but still there are «ghosts» that are draining the resources of the Department,» said IFP KZN Provincial Education Spokesperson, Mrs Thembeni Madlopha-Mthethwa, MPL.

«School principals are the accounting officers at the schools where they are appointed and they must be held accountable for all that happens at their schools. They should not be allowed to get away lightly for fraudulent activities such as falsifying pupil and teacher numbers thereby placing a financial strain on the education budget», continued Mrs Madlopha-Mthethwa.

«In this financial year the KZN Department of Education receives over R45billion which is the largest slice of the Provincial Budget. Even though this department’s budget has been increasing over the years, the Department is always finding it difficult to make ends meet. It is not surprising that the department is unable to provide suitable toilets and adequate classrooms at many schools across the province when its finances are being drained by «ghosts» in the system. These «ghosts» are created by school principals and they must be charged, named and shamed. The public needs to know who these principals are and what punishment they have received. It is not enough for us to be told that the principals responsible have been charged. There must be severe repercussions for the looting of state resources if we are to succeed in getting rid of the cancer of corruption that has become rampant in most state departments», concluded Mrs Madlopha-Mthethwa.

Fuente de la noticia:http://www.ifp.org.za/newsroom/ghost-pupils-teachers-drain-education-finances/

Fuente de la imagen:http://www.ifp.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/empty-classroom.jpg

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