[Assam] [Iepgraduates-list] Invitation: Removing Barriers to Accessing Quality Basic Education

[umesh sharma]

anyone interested?
I just became a member of GLP.

umesh


--- Carrie Willimann @smtp.aed.org> wrote:

> Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 15:01:32 -0500
> From: "Carrie Willimann" n at smtp.aed.org>
> To: "Arushi Terway" <@smtp.aed.org>
> CC: 
> Subject: [Iepgraduates-list] Invitation: Removing
> Barriers to Accessing
> 	Quality Basic Education
> 
> Invitation and Instructions to Join the Discussion
> 
> You are invited to participate in an online
> discussion entitled "Removing Barriers to Accessing
> Quality Basic Education."  This discussion, a
> collaborative effort under the umbrella of FTI, is
> being organized by USAID in partnership with the
> World Bank and UNICEF.  The sessions will be
> moderated by senior officials in the FTI
> partnership. 
> 
> The discussion will address overarching questions
> surrounding access to and quality of education, with
> a focus on financial, economic, and other barriers. 
> The objectives of the discussion are to elicit
> workable, cost-effective approaches to reaching and
> sustaining the EFA goals, and to identify areas for
> additional research and analysis.  
> 
> Venue: Global Learning Portal  http://www.glp.net/ 
> 
> Dates: January 16-February 2, 2007
> 
> Instructions to Register for the Discussion:
> 1. Go to http://www.glp.net/ 
> 2. Go to the "Removing Barriers to Accessing Quality
> Basic Education" announcement.
> 3. Click on "Register Now."
> 4. Complete the GLP membership registration.
> 5. Click on "Submit Registration."
> 6. Go to the "Removing Barriers to Accessing Quality
> Basic Education" announcement on the GLP membership
> page.
> 7. Click on “Join the Discussion.”
> 6. Follow instructions in the "Community News"
> section.
> Note: You are now a GLP member.  Please remember
> your username and password.
> 
> Instructions for Returning GLP Members:
> 1. Go to http://www.glp.net/ 
> 2. Sign-on (at the top right hand corner) using your
> username and password.
> 3. Go to the "Removing Barriers to Accessing Quality
> Basic Education" announcement on the GLP membership
> page.
> 4. Click on “Join the Discussion.”
> 5. Follow instructions in the "Community News"
> section.
> 
> Background: Most education policymakers and
> advocates agree that children must be ensured access
> to quality learning opportunities. However, there is
> less agreement on the barriers to access and
> persistence, the relative importance of different
> barriers to education, and the most effective means
> to minimize or remove these barriers. The discussion
> will include the following six sessions:
> 
> Session 1: Barriers to accessing basic education
> (Jan. 16-17): USAID
> 
> Session 2: Learning and quality (Jan. 18-19): UNESCO
> 
> Session 3: Quantifying the monetary costs of
> schooling to households (Jan.22-23): IIEP
> 
> Session 4: A data-based assessment of efforts to
> remove barriers (Jan.24-25): World Bank
> 
> Session 5: SFAI, an effort to accelerate movement
> toward EFA by reducing the costs of schooling (Jan.
> 26, 29-31; February 1): UNICEF
> 
> Session 6: Summary and the way forward (February 2):
> FTI
> 
> Questions?  E-mail Carrie Willimann
> @aed.org).
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Umesh Sharma
5121 Lackawanna ST
College Park, 
(Washington D.C. Metro Region)
MD 20740 

1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone]

Ed.M. - International Education Policy
Harvard Graduate School of Education,
Harvard University,
Class of 2005

weblog: http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/
website: www.gse.harvard.edu/iep


	
	
		
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