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Kailash
Satyarthi
GCE Chairperson
GCE
Chairperson Kailash
Satyarthi congratulated
everyone on their achievement
and thanked them for
their passionate support
for the cause of girls'
education, but reminded
activists and educators
that much remains to
be done.
"For
every one person who
took part in the World's
Biggest Lesson on the
9th of April,"
he said, "there
are another one hundred
children who were not
in school yesterday,
and who will not be
in school any day at
all, until we convince
our leaders to invest
more in good quality
education and make schools
free for all."
Satyarthi
said that the lively
discussion, fun and
fellowship that participants
enjoyed yesterday stood
in stark contrast to
the experience of 115
million out of school
children, the majority
of them girls, who never
get the chance to debate
ideas or experience
the excitement of learning.
Satyarthi
urged teachers, students,
and civic groups everywhere
to keep up the campaign
to make education a
right and not a privilege
for all the world's
girls and boys. |
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Ethiopia
ANPPCAN Ethiopia conducted various
activities to draw the attention of
politicians, government officials,
the media and the public to highlight
the importance of girls' education.
More than 10,000 students, teachers,
government officials and NGO representatives
took part in the campaign organised
by ANPPCAN-Ethiopia.
[ Reference: ANPPCAN-Ethiopia
Chapter]
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Romania
Romania
expected 10,000 children to take part
in the Big Lesson but on the day they
had four times as many, writes Save
the Children Romania, who organised
the event in partnership with the
Ministry of Education and Research.
[ Reference: Salvati
Copiii ]
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India
In India
more than 3,40,000 children, women
and men took part in the largest ever
lesson on April 9, 2003 between 9:30
to 10 in the morning.
[ Reference: South
Asian Coalition On Child Servitude
and GCE ]
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East
Asia
In East Asia, more than 100,000 children
and teachers joined Oxfam and partners
in the World's Biggest Lesson and
related events, with excellent media
coverage throughout the week.
[
Reference: GCE ]
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Cambodia
In Kg. Chhanang, Cambodia, after the
lesson, girl children from school
dormitories marched to Provincial
Office of Education for a dialogue
with local education officials about
girls education.
[ Reference: GCE
]
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Jakarta
In Jakarta and other cities in Indonesia
there were Girls' Orations and street
campaigns, "open space"
schools for street children, drawing,
story-telling and speech-making competitions
and 45,000 Big Lesson participants
on one island ( Lombok) alone.
Indonesia also witnessed the first
education civil society stakeholders'
dialogue with the Indonesian EFA committee
during the Action Week.
[ Reference: GCE
]
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Vietnam
In Vietnam there were another 45,000
participants and the lesson was broadcast
live on Voice of Vietnam radio.
[ Reference: GCE
]
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Philippines
In the Philippines, E-Net followed
the world record attempt with a two-day
forum on EFA which concluded with
the presentation of action points
and recommendations to the ministry.
[ Reference: GCE
]
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Annan,
Bellamy join New
York schoolkids
in the Big Lesson
UNICEF's
Ziad Sheik writes:
The Secretary-General
of the United
Nations, Kofi
Annan, welcomed
some 350 school
children from
the New York City
area to UN Headquarters
on 9 April, in
a special event
organized by UNICEF
and the US Fund
for UNICEF as
part of the Global
Week of Action
for Girls' Education.
[
Reference: GCE]
Details
UNESCO's
VIP 'teachers'
undeterred by
drop-outs
At
UNESCO in Paris
the Largest Lesson
was opened by
the Director-General,
Koïchiro
Matsuura. The
"teachers"
- John Daniel,
Assistant Director-General
for Education,
and Aicha Bah
Diallo, Deputy
Assistant Director-General
for Education
- taught to a
roomful of "children"
made up of UNESCO
Executive Board
members, Permanent
Delegations, NGOs
and UNESCO staff
[ 282 in all ].
The "class"
played the game,
interacting well
with their teachers
and giving their
views on why educating
girls was important
and on the factors
that keep girls
out of school,
etc. But, as in
the best of classrooms,
this one too had
its "drop-outs"
- colleagues who
had to leave early
to prepare the
afternoon session
of the Board!
In his remarks,
the Director-General
dedicated the
Largest Lesson
to "the millions
of children around
the world, a majority
of them girls,
who have no opportunity
to have any lessons
at all."
[
Reference: GCE]
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East
Timor
In East Timor, a National Conference
on Education took place during the
Action Week. Teachers, students, NGOs,
government, religious and cultural
institutions, activists, aid agencies
joined together for a 3-day meeting
to start dialogue on the philosophy
of the East Timorese Education System
and come up with policy and program
proposals on ECCD, teacher training,
adult literacy, popular education
and basic formal education.
[ Reference: GCE
]
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Peru
In Peru the lesson organised by CESIP
was a great success and the Minister
of Education took one of the classes
with much media interest.
[ Reference: GCE
]
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Nigeria
ANPPCAN Nigeria in collaboration with
the Child Rescue and Survival Project
successfully managed to carry out
the Lesson Plan in 4 centres, Trans
Ekullu Secondary School, New Haven
Primary School, Trans Ekullu Ogba
Centre and Prize Winners' College
School. The lesson was carried out
simultaneously at 10.00 a.m. in all
the centers.
[ Reference: ANPPCAN
Nigeria Chapter ]
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Bangladesh
CAMPE in Bangladesh ran a fantastic
program where at least 400,000 children
and adults participated in the GCE's
World's Biggest Lesson.
[ Reference: CAMPE
]
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Uruguay
In Uruguay the lesson was carried
out in Constitution Square Melo where
1,500 children participated. The children
sported badges made by themselves
with the leit-motif of the Campaign.
The posters and boards in the Square
feature the main figures regarding
education and literacy, as part of
the content of the lesson.
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Albania
The Children's Human Rights Centre
of Albania - CRCA in partnership with
the Educational Authority of Tirana
and Global March Against Child Labour,
organised "The World's Biggest
Lesson" with the participation
of 287 children from four schools
in Tirana, as part of the Global Campaign
for Education.
[ Reference: Children'
s Human Rights Centre of Albania ]
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Russia
In Russia the lesson was conducted
in several cities including Moscow
where 880 children participated. In
Perm City and Serov Town about 810
and 579 people participated respectively.
The media coverage of the lesson was
also good with the news in Moscow
being published in "Moskovsky
Komsomolets," radio "Yunost"
and the TV channel "Moscovia".
Serov Town was also not left behind
with the coverage being done by Serov
TV company and two information agencies
of Serov Town.
[ Reference: New
Perspectives Foundation ]
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Zambia
In Zambia about two thousand children
took part in the World's Biggest Lesson
which was delivered by Deputy Minister
of Education, Hon. Eddie Kasukumya.
Children In Need Network was able
to pull together stakeholders including
UNICEF, Members of Parliament, and
the Department of Child Affairs for
the occasion.
[ Reference: Children
In Need Network Zambia ]
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Togo
In Togo and in the whole of Francophone
Africa the Global Action Week was
a great success. The activities that
took place during the week were conferences
and round tables in colleges and high
schools on the themes "The Girl
Child Education as a Priority"
and "Toward Free and Compulsory
Education for All". However the
climax of the celebration of this
year was the jamboree organized in
one of the biggest college of the
Togolese capital city, Lomé.
This big meeting was organized by
the Global March Regional Coordination
in partnership with Plan Togo who
brought a very active and remarkable
contribution to its success. The meeting
saw the participation of all the female
members of the National Assembly of
Togo, the Prefect of " Golfe"
(Lomé and surrounding regions)
and many members of the Government.
Students from almost 17 schools (primary
and secondary), that is between 10
and 15 thousand students participated.
[ WAO Afrique
]
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Liberia
ANPPCAN Liberia, the Global March's
representative in Liberia joined thousands
of school children, parents and campaigners
from over 100 countries around the
world to highlight the issue of girls
and women education. Female educators
from ANPPCAN Liberia and prominent
women from the Liberian society discussed
the importance of girls' education
on the topic" Girls/Women Education
- A Key to Poverty Elimination in
Liberia". The World's Largest
Lesson was also a great success with
lessons being held in churches, communities,
schools and public centers.
[ ANPPCAN - Liberia
Chapter ]
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Macedonia
On 9th of April, at 10 in the morning
around seven hundred children from
primary and secondary schools in Macedonia
assembled for the biggest Lesson in
the World. This lesson, which was
part of the Global Action Week, was
supported by Kofi Annan- UN secretary
General. According to the latest statistics
from Macedonia the number of illiterate
people is 87,749 of which 67,254 of
them are woman and 748 between 10-14
years and 1079 between 15-19 years
are girls. The lesson was to highlight
the importance of girls' education
in Macedonia.
[ First Children's
Embassy in the World ]
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Burkina
Faso
3000 children took part in the world's
biggest lesson on April 9th to highlight
the importance of girls' education.
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