Education and Social Work

April 12 2010

Program

• Looking back

• National education system– Structure– Policy– Development support

• The role of civil society– NGO’s– CBO’s– Civil society vs goverment

• Guest lecture Martijn Marijnissen, ICCO

Looking back

• Education for all– Access– Quality– Relevancy

• Formal andnon-formal

• Context

Mali - the context in brief

• Number 172 of the UN list of development

• 37x the Netherlands, 13,5 million inhabitants

– 80% depends on agriculture– 90% lives on less then 2 dollars

a day• 90% Muslim, 9% Animist, 1%

Christian• Diverse country

– Ethnical– Linguistic

• Partner country in Dutch development cooperation

The context in pictures

The context in pictures

Mali - educational history in brief

• Pre colonial education:

– Community education - INFORMAL

– Koranic education

• Colonial period:

– French education for a small elite: the white man with black skin

– Strategic use of Koranic schools

• Post colonial ambitions

– National development through education

– National languages, French as a 2nd language, active pedagogy

– Convergent teaching: pedagogical foundation of the national curriculum

National Education System - structure

• Centralized - decentralized?

• National:– Ministry of education, literacy and national languages– Ministry of higher education and scientific research

• District: l’Academie d’Enseignement

• Region– Centre d’Animation Pedagogique (CAP)– Institut de Formation des Maitres (IFM)

• Local:the school

National Education System - policy

• Educational reform for many years: introduction of national languages in the late 70s

• 10 year policy plan: 2000 - 2010– Goals:

• Access, specifically for girls• Reduce drop-out rates• Promote the connection between the school and the community• Compentency based education

– How?• National implementation of methodology focussed on quality learning• Teacher training• Non-formal education such as community schools, medersa’s

• What’s next: follow-up policy plan for the two years.

• What is best: centralized or decentralized?

National Education System - support

• Bilateral development cooperation– Joint donor initiative that includes the Netherlands– Budget support– TIP: website ministry of foreign affairs

• Multilateral support– World bank and IMF– Financial support, program related

• TIP: check topics and country info• TIP: check Poverty Reducation Strategy Papers

Your sector analysisThe education system in your internship country

• Take 30 minutes to take the first research steps with respect to the education system of your internship country.

• Questions:– How is it organised?– What kind of policy? Challenges and ambitions?– Budget– Donor relations: bilateral, multilateral?– Formal and non-formal?

• Describe your findings in a mind-map, first table of contents or something else that suites your way of working

The role of civil society

• Civil initiatives: citizens or groups taking own initiative to realise improvement of living conditionsBRAC Bangladesh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s0yVZlFdMU

• Non-formal initiatives such as:– Community schools, supported by Plan International– Institute for Popular Education, supported by Novib– AFEM, supported by ICCO:

http://www.youtube.com/user/iccotube#p/u/18/vlCZA_KXDj0

• Local organizations with local staff. Why?

• Support from abroad: http://www.youtube.com/user/iccotube#p/u/10/wrEZ36AbweQ

Is civil society important?

• Education = basic right– Declaration human rights– Convention rights of the child– MDG’s: 2 and 3

• Shouldn’t goverments provide for education for all?

• Brainstorm– What are the pro’s and con’s of NGO’s & CBO’s in providing

education?– What about the government?– Take about 30 minutes to brainstorm on this issues– Use the text provided– Write down your ideas

Your sector analysis

• In which sector will you be working?

• What is the history of the sector?

• What is the structure?

• How is it financed?

• How many people are working?

• How are people educated for the work?

• What is its contribution to the country’s development?