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"Free to Learn, Learn to Be Free!"
Demand
for Children's Rights to Free, Quality Education!
The Global Action Week for Education 2002
brought together the voices of people around
the world demanding the fundamental right
to education, during 22-28 April 2002. This
annual event was organised by partners of
the Global Campaign for Education to remind
the governments to fulfill their promises
to provide free, quality education for all
by the year 2015.
In the year 2002, a strong message "Free
to Learn" would be echoed across the
world to demand an increase in the spending
for education and the abolishment of school
user fees, including fees for syllabus books,
uniforms, lunch, and other necessary materials.
Moreover, the year 2002 is the deadline
for submitting National Action Plans for
Education for All (EFA). Public pressure
build during the GAW 2002 will help ensure
that this important step towards meeting
EFA goals is met without a delay.
Worldwide,
two main activities were planned:
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Full
Report About the Worldwide Activities |
The
Global Action Week for Education
(GAW) 2002 saw a tremendously
intensifying support from every
corner of the world, in both
EFA target countries in South
and donor countries in North.
More significant was to see
strengthening of partnerships
among various civil society
organisatios and stakeholders,
especially between teachers'
unions and NGOs.
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Children's
Drawing Competition: "What
I Want to Become, When I Grow Up"
GCE
partners and UNESCO jointly organized an
International Children's Drawing Competition.
Children from all over the world, including
former child labourers, street children,
and school going children between the ages
of 6-12 years old, were asked to draw their
future dreams. Education is what can make
these dreams come true!
School
Report Action Card:
The School Report Cards target both the
Southern governments and rich Northern governments
to do their part to make free, quality education
a reality. The Action Card allowed individual
to comment on the progress by their governments
and by donors. The signed cards were collected
and presented to Southern governments and
to donors to demand change. |
