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Las desigualdades infantiles aumentan en varios países ricos, según UNICEF

14 abril 2016/ Fuente: http://noticiaaldia.com/

Educación, sanidad, ingresos, satisfacción con la vida: los niños distan de ser iguales en los paísesricos y las diferencias se agudizan en varios de ellos entre los más desfavorecidos y los demás, según un informe de la UNICEF publicado este jueves. 

“Los avances para reducir las desigualdades de bienestar entre los niños son bastante pequeños”, destaca el informe del centro de investigación Innocenti de laUNICEF, que propone una clasificación de estas disparidades en 41 países de la OCDE y de la Unión Europea.

En numerosos países, “la brecha se ha agrandado entre los niños más desfavorecidos y sus parees desde los años dos mil”, subraya este “Balance Innocenti 13” redactado por John Hudson y StefanKühner, que describe una situación con tendencias globales decepcionantes.

“Ningún país ha logrado realmente reducir la diferencia en materia de problemas de salud señalados por los menores” (dolores de cabeza, espalda, vientre, insomnios…). Las desigualdades se han acentuado incluso en 25 país, con aumentos considerables en Irlanda, Malta, Polonia y Eslovenia.

Entre los adolescentes, “las disparidades entre los sexos están extendidas y son persistentes” en materia de salud y las niñas corren mayor riesgos de ser dejadas de lado. En diez países, estas disparidades han aumentado.

En educación, “muy pocos países han conseguido reducir a la vez la diferencia de éxito y el número de alumnos con dificultades de lectura”. Antaño ejemplares, Finlandia y Suecia han visto como aumentan las desigualdades y baja el nivel de éxito.

En todos los países de la OCDE, los menores más desfavorecidos sufren un retraso equivalente a tres años de escolarización en lectura en relación con el “niño medio”. En un país como Francia, “la brecha entre los resultados de los alumnos en función de su medio social es muy importante”, según el informe.

– Insatisfechos con sus vidas

En Chile, México, Bulgaria y Rumanía, casi una cuarta parte de los alumnos de 15 años carecen de las aptitudes y competencias necesarias para resolver ejercicios básicos de lectura, matemáticas y ciencias, algo “particularmente alarmante” para la UNICEF.

Consecuencia de la crisis, en 19 de los países examinados, entre ellos España, Grecia, Italia y Portugal, o bien México, Israel o Japón, los niños más pobres no llegan a la mitad de ingresos del niño medio de sus países.

En cuanto a la diferencia de “satisfacción en la vida”, aumentó en más de la mitad de los países, sobre todo en Bélgica, España y República Checa.

En Alemania, España, Estados Unidos, en Islandia, Irlanda e Italia, los hijos de la inmigración señalan un nivel de satisfacción con sus vidas menor que los otros.

Otro tanto las chicas en general. Cerca de un 30% de francesas de 15 años se muestran insatisfechas con sus vidas, contra un 14% de chicos.

En el apartado de las buenas noticias, las desigualdades en la práctica de una actividad física y en materia de malas costumbres alimentarias han disminuido en la mayoría de los países ricos.

Ciertos países con índices de hándicap educativo más altos (Chile, México, Rumanía…) registraron una fuerte disminución de las diferencias de éxito y un alza del nivel general de competencia.

Los países bálticos, por su parte, redujeron las desigualdades de satisfacción de los niños con respecto a sus vidas. En otros, como Finlandia o la República Checa, las diferencia de ingresos se redujeron entre 2008 y 2013.

El informe se basa en los datos más recientes disponibles, que varían según los países, de 2007 a 2014.

Una conferencia organizada por la UNICEF, “Más igualdad para los niños”, reúne este jueves a expertos internacionales en París.

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http://noticiaaldia.com/2016/04/las-desigualdades-infantiles-aumentan-en-varios-paises-ricos-segun-unice

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Education joins forestry against climate change in Vanuatu

Oceanía/Vanuatu/Abril 2016/Autor: Anita Roberts/ Fuente: asiapacificreport.nz

Resumen: La Oficina de Educación Shefa pronto estará lanzando su programa forestal a las escuelas primarias y secundarias en Vanuatu. Este programa tiene como objetivo luchar contra el cambio climático y educar a los niños sobre la importancia de crecer y proteger los bosques.

The Shefa Education Office will soon be rolling out its newly launched forestry programme to primary and secondary schools in Vanuatu.

This programme aims to fight against climate change and educate children on the importance of growing and protecting forests.

It was initiated between the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry, Fisheries and Bio-Security (MALFFB) and the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) following the International Day of Forests marked recently in Port Vila.

The programme has three components which will be observed annually.

The Tree Planting Week will be observed from August 21-27, the Tree Planting will be held on June 21 and the Decade of Reforestation started this year and will run until 2025.

The Acting Principal Education Officer (PEO) at the Shefa Education Office, Jonathan Yonah, declared that his office plans to introduce tree planting to schools as part of its forestry programme.

The International Day of Forests noted that a lot of the youth today have no interest in forestry or agriculture sector but are more interested in fields such as law or IT.

Loving the sector
It was emphasised that teaching children earlier will allow them to grow up loving the sector.

The initiative of the Shefa Education Office was launched by the Minister of Education, Jean-Pierre Nirua, when he visited the office last week.

Planting trees will not only help to fight climate change or beautify the environment, it is also a revenue earner, said the minister.

He named the first sandalwood tree he planted “the 10 million tree”.

Fuente de la noticia: http://asiapacificreport.nz/2016/04/11/education-joins-forestry-against-climate-change-in-vanuatu/

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UNICEF: Australian children are falling behind in health, education

Oceanía/Australia/Abril 2016/Autor: Eryk Bagshaw/ Fuente: smh.com.au

Resumen: Un informe de la UNICEF pone de relieve la brecha cada vez mayor entre los niños en la clase media y clase baja. Dicho informe hace preguntas difíciles para los responsables políticos de Australia sobre la forma de abordar las necesidades de los niños más vulnerables. Por lo que se entiende que los niños en Australia están retrocediendo en educación y salud.

The Fairness for Children report, released on Thursday, shows Australia ranks 27th out of 35 in health equality outcomes among OECD countries and 24th out of 37 in education equality results.

National Children’s Commissioner Megan Mitchell said Australia was failing to give all children the best start in life.

«UNICEF’s report highlights the widening gap between children at the bottom and those in the middle,» Ms Mitchell said. «The report asks challenging questions for Australia’s policymakers on how to address the needs of our most vulnerable children.»

According to the Australian Council of Social Services, poverty is growing in Australia, with serious consequences for children.

An estimated 2.5 million Australians are living below the poverty line, including 602,604 children. The Australia Child Wellbeing Project estimates that almost 22 per cent of 13- and 14-year-olds reported suffering from psychosomatic health problems daily.

In education, 9.1 per cent of 15-year-olds failed to achieve the basic levels of reading, maths and science literacy in the latest round of PISA tests.

Despite the figures, the federal government has been steadfast in its refusal to fund the final two years of the needs-based Gonski reforms. The reforms target schools in the lowest socio-economic areas.

At the Council of Australian Governments meeting in April, the federal government offered the states $2.9 billion in health funding, but no increased investment in schools, a move that could see the $4.5 billion allocated to the final two years of Gonski education funding slashed.

UNICEF Australia’s director of policy and advocacy, Nicole Breeze, said the research revealed concerning trends.

«The report raises some very stark questions about government policy. Australian children are falling too far behind at that bottom end against some key international measures,» she said.

Across the OECD, the gap between rich and poor is at its highest level in three decades, while the risks of poverty have been shifting from the elderly towards youth since the 1980s.

According to the report, Australia performed relatively well in terms of income and life satisfaction equality.

«But the size of Australia’s economy suggests that the outlook for Australian children could be significantly better,» Ms Breeze said.

«Australia must place equity at the heart of our child well-being agendas and the ‘leave-no-one-behind’ principle should form the foundation of future social strategies,» she said.

Fuente de la noticia: http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/unicef-australian-children-are-falling-behind-in-health-education-20160414-go6li2.html

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Nueva Zelanda: Construction of new Wakatipu High School to begin

Nueva Zelanda: Construction of new Wakatipu High School to begin

Nueva Zelanda/ abril de 2016/ education govt.nz

Resumen: Los tepes se han convertido en sede para la nueva Escuela Secundaria Wakatipu en Queenstown. La construcción de la escuela secundaria para niños de 9 a 13 años comenzará a principios del próximo mes.

The sods have been turned for the new Wakatipu High School in Queenstown. Construction on the Year 9 to 13 secondary school will begin early next month.
The new school site in Remarkables Park, Frankton means the Year 9 to 13 school will be able to expand its growing roll from around 840 to 1200.
Wakatipu High School will continue to operate from its current site until it moves.
The new facilities are being designed to allow future expansion that could cater for up to 1800 students on the site.
The new facilities will include a multipurpose theatre space, gym, specialist learning facilities, a dance studio, and a music rehearsal and recording studio. There will also be sports grounds for soccer, rugby and cricket and hard courts for netball and tennis.
Details of the design for Wakatipu High School are currently being finalised and the school has chosen to have an innovative learning environment.
Innovative learning environments include flexible learning spaces which can be adapted to suit different teaching and learning styles.
Wakatipu High School is one of four new schools to be built and maintained under the Ministry of Education’s second Public Private Partnership (PPP).
Site works will begin by the middle of this year, and actual construction by the end of 2016.
The Wakatipu High School community gathered to mark the start of construction on their new facilities.

Fuente:
http://www.education.govt.nz/news/construction-of-new-wakatipu-high-school-to-begin/
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Papua Nueva Guinea University of Technology improves on learning services

Papua Nueva Guinea/ abril de 2016/ Papua Nueva Guinea education News

Resumen: La Universidad de Tecnología de Lae está ahora dando prioridad a su enfoque en mejorar el ambiente de aprendizaje de los estudiantes para cumplir con los estándares mundiales. Vicerrector Albert Schram dijo que Unitech ha estado produciendo más de 14.000 graduados en casi 51 años y la mayoría de ellos son de Papua Nueva Guinea, Salomón islas y Región del Pacífico, donde muchos se ha estado ocupando posiciones de liderazgo en negocios, servicio público y la sociedad.

Vice Chancellor Albert Schram said that Unitech has been producing over 14,000 graduates for almost 51 years now and most of them are Papua New Guineans, Solomon Islands and neighbouring Pacific Region where many has been occupying leading positions in business, public service and society.
During the 48th graduation ceremony, Dr Schram has outlines numerous achievement for the school as international involvement in the Pacific through Pacific Island Universities Research Network (PIURN);ten years business plan for financial stability and sustainability; training of ancillary staff especially security guards; student centred learning and providing opportunities for Faculty members to gain qualification overseas.
“We are the only university in PNG to commit to international accreditation by 2018, and have to implement full study load through common credit currency,” he said.
Dr Schram expresses gratitude for faculty members in participating enthusiastically in the international accreditation efforts by introducing in their teaching the post graduate certificate on student centred learning which paves way for students to be innovated leaders who have a clear vision of the destination, a plan on how to get there, and efficient and effective management of people.
“The quality of teaching is demonstrably going up, and we are convinced better quality will make our graduates highly employable,” Dr Schram said.
He mentioned conviction that Unitech experiences offered the graduates all the opportunities needed to develop skills and talents to the fullest so they must make it their responsibility to be outstanding and remarkably potential enough in order to be selected to join employment industries.
Dr Schram also urge graduands to muster the courage and self-confidence to go out there and find a job using the competencies equipped during four years of study or else establish a company and create employment for your community because you are a product of a well respected and famous technology university in PNG.

Fuente: http://edu.pngfacts.com/education-news/png-university-of-technology-improves-on-learning-services

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Papua Nueva Guinea Government plans to establish more schools

Papua Nueva Guinea Government plans to establish more schools

Papua Nueva guinea/abril de 2016/ Papua Nueva guinea education news

Resumen: Uno de los compromisos del Gobierno Papua Nueva Guinea es asegurar que todas las provincias del país tengan más escuelas secundarias, escuelas técnicas y escuelas normales, dice el ministro de Educación Nick kumán.
ONE of the PNG Government’s commitments is to ensure that every province in the country has more secondary schools, technical schools and teachers’ colleges, Education Minister Nick Kuman says.
Speaking at the signing of a memorandum of agreement between his department and the National Capital District Commission to transfer powers and functions to the city, Kuman said we (Government) want to ensure that all the local level governments (LLG) in every district will have high schools and eventually turned into secondary schools.”
“We also want to see that we have a vocational school in each district right throughout the country and at the same time, we are embarking on the schools of excellence.
“The objective of the Government is to overhaul the entire education system and to ensure that the delivery mechanism to basic education must always impact on quality education.
Kuman said applicable education must be provided to all our children in the country.
“When the Government was formed in 2007, education was number one priority and we ensured that we invested in education up till today.
Fuente:
http://edu.pngfacts.com/education-news/png-government-plans-to-establish-more-schools
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Papua Nueva Guinea: Obura-Wonenara district launches Flexible Open Distant Education centre

papua Nueva Guinea: Obura-Wonenara district launches Flexible Open Distant Education centre

Papua Nueva Guinea/ abril de 2016/ Papua Nueva Guinea Education News

Resumen: Los estudiantes en el distrito Obura-Wonenara, montañas del este, que abandonan el sistema escolar convencional todavía puede continuar después de que el distrito puso en marcha su centro flexible abierto de Distante Educación (FODE).

STUDENTS in Obura-Wonenara district, Eastern Highlands, who drop out of the conventional schooling system can still continue after the district launched its Flexible Open Distant Education (FODE) centre.
The centre, to be called Obura-Wonenara Flexible Open Distance Education, will have the normal component of formal learning and technical/vocational school practical subjects included.
Classes at the city is expected to start this week. Obura-Wonenara MP Merrah Minnie Kipefa said the Obura-Wonenara district development authority will run the FODE centre and finance it under the district’s recurrent budget.
“I can go out of office tomorrow but OWAN FODE learning centre will remain to continue to serve students who drop off the normal school system,” he said.
Deputy principal of FODE Bob Kiakari said FODE in the district is the first out of the 89 districts in Papua New Guinea to have a FODE centre through the initiative of MP Kipefa.
“Education is very important, the contents in the FODE materials are simplified for students to understand easily,” he said. The National
Fuente: http://edu.pngfacts.com/education-news/obura-wonenara-district-launches-flexible-open-distant-education-centre
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