Training Programme in Child Rights, Classroom and School Management 2006-2007

Summary: The overall objective of the course, from a development perspective, is to enhance the right to relevant education to all - an education that empowers the poor and excluded parts of the population to participate as active and informed citizens in all aspects of development.

International Training Programmes (ITP) are organised by the Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency (Sida). These programmes aim at enhancing managerial and technical skills in partner countries and cover subjects of strategic importance to economic and social development. Special emphasis is placed on areas in which Sweden has a considerable level of expertise to offer.

Sweden has extensive experience of working with the mainstreaming of democratic governance and human rights in policy, legal instruments and practice and it is actively working to promote the right to education for all. Sida has therefore decided on sponsoring the international training programme "Child Rights, Classroom and School Management" scheduled to take place in 2006 in Sweden and South Africa.

The right to, in and through education will be the guiding principle in this course and the training programme has a child rights based approach. The programme aims to develop the skills and attitudes in favour of rights-based educational work at classroom and school level. The programme gives opportunities to compare and share experiences among the participants from different countries while taking into consideration the Convention of the Rights of the Child, Education for all and other internationally agreed declarations.

The training will be conducted in English. The target group for the training programme are persons working with pedagogical support and pedagogical development, at school level, district level and central level. In addition, the course will also be open for application to professional staff at NGOs working in the field of education and human rights, based in developing countries.

The following countries are welcome to apply for 2006:

Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Botswana, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Colombia, Cuba, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Laos, Lesotho, Malawi, Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, The Philippines, Rwanda, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam and Zambia.

Application deadline: 16 May 2006