International Save the Children Alliance
Above: Children perform a dance in a preschool supported by Save the Children, Tach Lam, Vietnam.
Above: We work with parents and local communities to enable children from poor families to go to school in Andhra Pradesh, India
This is why education forms part of almost all Save the Children programmes.
World leaders have pledged to bring about universal primary education by 2015, but around 77 million children are currently missing out on school because they are girls, are from ethnic minorities, have a disability or must work. Save the Children strives to make education accessible and safe for children. In South East Europe we are enabling tens of thousands of the most disadvantaged children to improve their prospects through catch-up and supplementary classes.
Save the Children works with governments and education authorities to strengthen school systems and make them more child friendly. We led a campaign that resulted in corporal punishment being outlawed in Mongolian schools, benefiting over 650,000 children. The Mongolian government is also introducing a new code of conduct for teachers to end illegal school fees, which have kept thousands of children out of school.
We aim to ensure that education is relevant and of high quality, from early childhood development centres through to accelerated learning programmes for older children who have missed out on school. Our basic education programme in Amhara, Ethiopia provides informal education opportunities for over 270,000 children in rural areas.
Around the world, Save the Children enables children, parents and teachers to be involved in school organisation and the delivery of education. In India we trained 1,000 Village Education Committees so they can play an active part in shaping local education provision.
Rewrite the Future is the first global campaign involving all members of the Save the Children Alliance. 37 million children around the world can't go to school because they live in countries affected by conflict. We are calling for change for these children, and making a direct difference ourselves by aiming to provide good quality education in conflict-affected countries for 8 million children by 2010.
