The Swedish International Development Agency’s (SIDA) International Training Programme (ITP) is organizing the training on ‘Child Rights, Classroom and School Management.’ The Part 1 of this training will be held from September 16 – October 10, 2013 in Lund, Sweden and the Part 2 training in March 2013 in one of the participating countries.
From a development perspective, the overall objective of Child rights, Classroom and Schol Management ITP programme is: “to improve participating countries’ capacity to offer and ensure everyone’s right to relevant and quality education, an education that is safe and secure, inclusive, student-centred, democratic and problem-solving and that creates opportunities for all, regardless of background, to participate in community life as active citizens.” The main objective is change processes that will contribute to the realization of the intention of the Child Rights Convention in policy as well as in practice.
The specific objectives of the training programme are for the participants to gain:
- Increased knowledge and understanding of the CRC.
- Increased knowledge and understanding of the Education for All (EFA) and MDGs targets, relevant international concepts such as child-friendly schools, inclusive education and education for democracy and human rights (EDHR) and other relevant international instruments.
- Increased knowledge and understanding of experiences, methods and tools for organizational change in general, and rights-based (participation, inclusive and transparent) and democratic methods and tools for change in particular.
- Knowledge and understanding of Swedish and other international methods for translating children’s rights and democratic values into practice in schools and in the classroom.
- Expanded international and national networks to work with the CRC and other relevant international conventions and instruments.
Target Group
Preferably a team consisting of 3 people from each country representing the levels mentioned below should apply, but individual applications are also welcome. All team applications should have a cover letter for each participant. The participants from the same country are expected to work together in the project for change. The target groups for the training programme are persons working within the educational sector at three levels:For example
- At local level: headmasters, inspectors and educational advisers who are working with the development of methodology and management at school and classroom level in a number of schools (clusters);
- At intermediate level: officers and trainers responsible for educational activities at district or province level;
- At central level: teacher trainers, headmaster trainers, staff at institutes working with educational development and at Ministries of Education.
In addition to the above, the programme will be open to professional NGO staff, working in the field of Education and Human Rights, based in developing countries, as one member of the team. A necessary prerequisite is a university or a teacher training degree. Work experience of at least five years is also required. Participants should also be approximately 30-55 years of age and fluent in English. The teams should consist of a mix of men and women and be balanced regarding participants’ ages. Teams consisting of three applicants of same gender will not be considered. Applications should be endorsed by the applicant’s organisation.
Invited countries:
- Africa: Burkina Faso, Egypt, Ethiopia, Liberia, Mali, Malawi, Namibia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia
- Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.
- Latin America: Bolivia and Colombia
Closing date for applications: April 28, 2013
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