anyone interested? I just became a member of GLP. umesh
--- Carrie Willimann @smtp.aed.org> wrote: > Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 15:01:32 -0500 > From: "Carrie Willimann" [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Arushi Terway" <@smtp.aed.org> > CC: > Subject: [Iepgraduates-list] Invitation: Removing > Barriers to Accessing > Quality Basic Education > > Invitation and Instructions to Join the Discussion > > You are invited to participate in an online > discussion entitled "Removing Barriers to Accessing > Quality Basic Education." This discussion, a > collaborative effort under the umbrella of FTI, is > being organized by USAID in partnership with the > World Bank and UNICEF. The sessions will be > moderated by senior officials in the FTI > partnership. > > The discussion will address overarching questions > surrounding access to and quality of education, with > a focus on financial, economic, and other barriers. > The objectives of the discussion are to elicit > workable, cost-effective approaches to reaching and > sustaining the EFA goals, and to identify areas for > additional research and analysis. > > Venue: Global Learning Portal http://www.glp.net/ > > Dates: January 16-February 2, 2007 > > Instructions to Register for the Discussion: > 1. Go to http://www.glp.net/ > 2. Go to the "Removing Barriers to Accessing Quality > Basic Education" announcement. > 3. Click on "Register Now." > 4. Complete the GLP membership registration. > 5. Click on "Submit Registration." > 6. Go to the "Removing Barriers to Accessing Quality > Basic Education" announcement on the GLP membership > page. > 7. Click on Join the Discussion. > 6. Follow instructions in the "Community News" > section. > Note: You are now a GLP member. Please remember > your username and password. > > Instructions for Returning GLP Members: > 1. Go to http://www.glp.net/ > 2. Sign-on (at the top right hand corner) using your > username and password. > 3. Go to the "Removing Barriers to Accessing Quality > Basic Education" announcement on the GLP membership > page. > 4. Click on Join the Discussion. > 5. Follow instructions in the "Community News" > section. > > Background: Most education policymakers and > advocates agree that children must be ensured access > to quality learning opportunities. However, there is > less agreement on the barriers to access and > persistence, the relative importance of different > barriers to education, and the most effective means > to minimize or remove these barriers. The discussion > will include the following six sessions: > > Session 1: Barriers to accessing basic education > (Jan. 16-17): USAID > > Session 2: Learning and quality (Jan. 18-19): UNESCO > > Session 3: Quantifying the monetary costs of > schooling to households (Jan.22-23): IIEP > > Session 4: A data-based assessment of efforts to > remove barriers (Jan.24-25): World Bank > > Session 5: SFAI, an effort to accelerate movement > toward EFA by reducing the costs of schooling (Jan. > 26, 29-31; February 1): UNICEF > > Session 6: Summary and the way forward (February 2): > FTI > > Questions? E-mail Carrie Willimann > @aed.org). > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Iepgraduates-list mailing list > > http://gse.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/iepgraduates-list > Umesh Sharma 5121 Lackawanna ST College Park, (Washington D.C. Metro Region) MD 20740 1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 weblog: http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ website: www.gse.harvard.edu/iep ___________________________________________________________ New Yahoo! Mail is the ultimate force in competitive emailing. Find out more at the Yahoo! Mail Championships. Plus: play games and win prizes. http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
