The benefits of education, especially

girls, are shown on some excellent

short videos called The Girl Effect

and I Dare You – found on Youtube.

The Send My Friend To School

website has more good films

(www.sendmyfriend.org).

Our pupils made a variation of these,

available at:

http://youtu.be/a2ak-HRw860

There are also films, such as: The

First Grader and A Small Act

Rationale

Education is crucial. There is much evidence to show that an educated population in a

Developing country will earn more as individuals and families, and will also generate

more wealth and enable the country’s GDP to grow faster. But it will also leads to

greater gender equality, lower birth-rates, and lower preventable diseases and

HIV/AIDS amongst the population who have been to school - and their children. It

has also been shown to lower the chance of civil war and conflict.

It seems to be an appropriate campaign in which schoolchildren should be involved.

It does not involve fund-raising just awareness-raising and taking action - although

pupils can raise money if they wish (see below).

- Videos and Films

T

Millennium Goal 2

By the year 2015 every child

will have completed a full

course of primary education.

The Global Campaign for Education website has up-to-date news and resources.

The Send My Friend To School website also has news, facts and films of specific children and specific

countries (www.sendmyfriend.org).

The websites which monitor progress towards the Millennium Development Goals has volumes of

current facts and figures eg ………………..

http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/mdgoverview/mdg_goals/mdg2.html

The Wold Bank also has a lot of information:

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTEDUCATION/0,,contentMDK:2059164

8~menuPK:1463858~pagePK:148956~piPK:216618~theSitePK:282386,00.html

You could ask pupils there to find

out why some children don’t go to

school, if the situation is getting

better or worse, and some of their

ideas for increasing school

attendance – it could be a

competition with a prize – your

school could donate the prize

- Facts & Information &Stories

Your pupils could sponsor a child’s

education in the area where your partner

school is located – it could be a joint

project with pupils there finding out the

cost, selecting a suitable child,

monitoring their progress etc

Pupils could make up a prospectus on a

child needing sponsorship and then ask

family and friends to sponsor one-tenth

of the child’s education, in return for

updates.

They could contact local community

groups to find out whether they would

like to sponsor a specific child’s

education in a specific area eg WRI,

Round Table, Ladies Circle, Lions,

church groups, community councils,

youth clubs

Pupils there could find out if there

is a branch of the Global

Campaign For Education in their

country and consult with them.

▼▼it has never been easier to find one▼▼

Connecting Classrooms is a British Council

managed programme working in over 50 countries

that offers school partnerships, professional

development courses, accreditation and the chance

to share best practice with international counterparts. Links through Connecting

Classrooms to schools in the developing world are funded in partnership with the UK

Government through the Department for International Development

http://schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org/

Connecting Classrooms has details of 33,000 schools in 184 countries.

Surely it has the perfect partner school for you.

BBC World Class helps UK schools to twin with

schools around the globe. They support teachers in

developing school-to-school partnerships, encouraging

pupils to share creative work

World Class encourages and helps children and schools get their stories on-air and

online across the BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldclass/

Afri Twin http://www.afritwin.net/

The Pahar Trust http://www.pahar-

trust.org/friendship.html

Link Ethiopia http://www.linkethiopia.org/

Here are some activities that could stimulate pupils’ interest and raise the profile of

the campaign and its importance. Pupils could:

to include the name of the campaign

BREAKING NEWS:

Every Child Now Goes To School

In the village of Melfi in the

African country of Chad, Joseph

Rembu unlocks the doors of the

new school and lets in his first

students. Among the excited

children is 14 year old Aliya. She

has never been to school before

but is determined to now go

every day.

These children were the last

ones anywhere in the world not

to go to school.

The First Millennium Goal To Be Achieved

Sadly universal education is the only Millennium

Development Goal to be achieved on time. However, the

United Nations Director-General is very confident the

others will soon be achieved. “With everyone going to

school, it is only a matter of time before all the Goals are

achieved and the world becomes a much better place”, he

said.

Something for PSE?

Pupils could research one developing

country

And find out why some children there do not

go to school

Then they could write to the Ministry of

Education or the Prime Minister or President

Or start a petition

The Send My Friend To School competition

http://www.sendmyfriend.org/news/steve

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* divide pupils into teams

* challenge them to plan a campaign on the

importance of universal education

* give them ideas –videos, banners,

posters, t-shirts

* give them a time-limit

* the teams then give their presentation to the

whole year group

* the pupils vote for the best campaign

Filming has never been easier.

And it’s a very powerful way of

getting a message across.

And it’s fun.

http://youtu.be/a2ak-HRw860

We would like more pupils to know about the barriers to

education in different parts of the world, and why education

is so crucial to development. If you and your pupils would

be interested in attending a conference/seminar/workshop

on this topic, please e-mail us. Please also suggest ideas

on what type of format the ‘conference’ should have.

clarkec@hutchesons.org

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