Improving the lives of children and youth
FutureLife-Now! Regional Task Team Meeting | 11 February 2021
Lynn van der Elst & Megan Cockerill
The Regional CSTL Technical Committee Meeting | 16 February 2021
Carolyn Medel-Anonuevo – CSTL PRESENTATION COVID 19
UNICEF WFP ESA Mutlisectoral Checklist for School reopening and Schoolbased Nutrition in COVID-19
Jennifer Norins – CSTLReport_2020
Leger Bruggeman – Presentation CSTL meeting-SADC assignment
The SADC Secretariat, UNESCO, UNICEF, MIET AFRICA and key partners held a successful webinar on 3 September which provided a platform for exchange between education leaders and stakeholders on good practices and challenges related to the re-opening of schools during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The webinar highlighted the close relationship between health and education and the negative impact COVID-19 has had in this regard. Lockdowns highlighted pre-existing challenges facing schools, for example infrastructure and governance, and other roles that schools play aside from education, for example in nutrition. A key takeaway message is that at the systemic level, it is necessary to build resilient and robust systems, and it was acknowledged that the following elements were critical: infrastructure, capacity building, (e.g. equip teachers with ICT skills), financing, psycho-social well-being of educators, and the building of partnerships.
Click here to read the report and see below to download presentations.
This paper, by Prof John Volmink and Lynn van der Elst, examines the developmental role the education NGO sector can play in advancing the goals of the National Development Plan, and the risks and challenges that inhibit it.
Download The evolving role of 21st Century Education NGOs in South Africa
Download: innovation_in_education_technical_report_march_2016
Technical Report (March 2016): prepared for the National Educational Collaboration Trust, in which well-planned, collaborative and coordinated innovation-in-education strategy aligned with the shared vision of a 21st century education that benefits all learners is proposed.
Download: cstl_for_revised_unesco_policy_guidelines
This is a model, submitted to Revised UNESCO Policy Guidelines for Promoting Inclusion and Equity in Education website, relevant to the various areas of the UNESCO Policy Guidelines for Promoting Inclusion and Equity in Education.
Download: cstl_a_sadc_response_to_realizing_education_rights_of_vulnerable_children_and_youth
Paper presented at Triennale on Education and Training in Africa (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 12-17 February 201
Download: desktop_review_final_2013
This is desktop review of current developments in existing teacher education for inclusion and democracy in the partner countries (Botswana, Namibia and South Africa), classified into three areas: policies on Inclusive Education and teacher training; programmes for teacher education; a literature review looking at existing research related to teacher education for inclusion.
Download: rhiva_baseline_study__20120712_wr
This baseline study is part of an evaluative research project seeking to assess the impact of the Reducing HIV in Adolescents (RHIVA) intervention.
Download: prevalence_of_hiv_hsv_2_and_pregnancy_among_high_school_learners
Prevalence of HIV, HSV-2 and pregnancy among high school students in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a bio-behavioural cross-sectional survey
Download: rhiva_process_paper
Reducing HIV in adolescents using an incentivized behaviour change model
