Education for All Youth

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Education for All Youth

• Carmen Siri, AED
• March 9, 2004
• EQUIP Seminar Series

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World Education ForumFramework for ActionDakar,
2000

• (iii) Ensure that the learning needs of
• all young people and adults are met
• through equitable access to
• appropriate learning and life skills
• programmes

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We need to act now

• EFA success in basic education is increasing
  graduates
• Half of all youth out-of-school
• Growing young population
• Countries planning expansion of secondary
  education

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Education for ALL Youth in developing world
urgently requires.a change of vision a
new strategy
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Why?

• Heterogeneous needs and conditions of youth
• Adult responsibilities
• Many are parents
• HIV/AIDs
• At risk / conflict areas
• In gangs or crime
• Girls special needs
• Ethnic minorities
• Poverty

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Why not in school after primary?

• 50 cannot afford school /
• opportunity cost
• 30 lack relevance of school
• 20 lack access to school
• Honduras, Encuesta de Hogares, 2001

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Secondary education

• Purpose not clear university or work
• Lack of relevance
• Schedules not flexible
• Considers youth as children
• Academic orientation of teachers
• Public resources not sufficient
• Leads to unemployment

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Wealth of successful alternatives to formal
system

• Youth active as partners
• Community, NGO private sector partners
• Volunteerism
• Learning skills for life
• Flexible delivery mechanisms
• Models of what should happen in school

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PROJOVEM - Brazil

• Rural alternative to vocational education
• Students develop projects on family land
• Academic subjects integrated
• Community involved in decision-making
• Results Improved school work, family relations,
  leadership
• Cost lower than vocational 2958
  vs 4297 real/year

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Educatodos - Honduras

• Alternative lower secondary
• Relevant curriculum
• 250,000 person-years of schooling
• 4000 volunteer facilitators
• Results Learning equivalent to school, values,
  service learning, volunteers as role-models,
  impact on women and production
• Cost 1/3 of regular school

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For Honduras to reach poverty reduction goals (7
to 9)

• From 25 to 52 million / year by 2015
• Infrastructure 1.5 to 5.7 million / year
• Pedagogical university grow by 50

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But good options are not sustainable

• Alternative education seen as less valid
• Considered for the poor
• Assessment of results and costs are not used for
  decision making
• Not in public sector budget
• Not considered part of education system

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EFA a change of vision we are responsible
for all youth a new strategy for donors and
countries
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The new vision the new strategy

• We must reach ALL youth
• Strategy must be comprehensive One
  answer does not work for all
• Quality relevance are critical
• Existing out-of-school population cannot wait for
  the formal system
• Timing is now!