The Issue
With falling school enrolment rates, deteriorating education quality and school systems struggling to overcome the global financial crisis, education is a top priority for UNICEF in the CEECIS region. The region’s under-resourced education systems struggle with challenges of access, quality and governance. School quality is falling, with low levels of learning achievement, shrinking teacher cohorts, outdated teaching methodologies, over-centralised school governance and crumbling school infrastructure among the major concerns. Youth unemployment is often double and triple that of the national unemployment rate, contributing to a decline in demand for post-primary education. Early childhood education services are scarce and often do not serve those who would benefit the most. Ethnic tension and the risk for disasters and emergencies further contribute to challenges of access and quality.
President Medvedev replies to children with disabiltiies - Moscow Forum on Inclusive Education organised by UNICEF President Medvedev of the Russian Federation provided a factual and detailed reply to calls made through social media by children participating in the Moscow Inclusive Education Forum organized by UNICEF and NGO Perspektiva, under the auspices of the Moscow Municipality in September 2011. To read his reply, click here.
2011 Publications
Demand for Education Innovation: Adolescent and Youth Perspectives on Education Quality in the CEECIS Region
[PDF English] The Right of Children with Disabilities to Education: A Rights-Based Approach to Inclusive Education in the CEECIS Region. [PDF English]
CEECIS Education Profiles 2010 |
