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The event was also attended by representatives of NGOs, Government, international experts from the regional office of UNICEF in Geneva.
“Every child has the right on education in the school that is closest to her/his home. When it comes to inclusive education, here – it’s not about more, it’s about the different”, - these words sounded in the presentation at the seminar on the UNICEF activities in education.
UNICEF program of cooperation with Ukrainian Government (development strategies and programs) as well as support for a transition plan from the respond to emergencies in education system to build capacity and promote national reform in the educational sector were discussed.
UNICEF adopted an important Foundation’s proposal, which were sounded at the last seminar: increasing the age of the UNICEF target audience to 18 years, because at this age some children (by the international standards it is youth) still study at school and get secondary education.
Open Policy Foundation has provided suggestions to ensure equal access to quality education for the next 5 years:
- development of the distance education in the secondary school as a response to the challenges of war and optimization of the schools network during decentralization;
- information campaign in support of inclusive education and also on providing information about the tools of getting Ukrainian quality education for children living on temporary uncontrolled and temporarily occupied territories;
- development of the various models of financing and management of educational institutions in the various regions as a response to the risks of decentralization;
- response to the risks of increasing the number of children who may be out of school because of implementation the family forms of education that is fixed in the draft law "On education" (voted in first reading)
The head of the Open Policy Foundation Iryna Zhdanova discussed these proposals with Mr. Philippe Testot-Ferry, Senior Advisor for Education, UNICEF Regional Office in Geneva.
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