UNESCO Online Discussion Forums

UNESCO is organizing online discussion forums on “Quality Education to End Exclusion”. The discussions will be held within the framework of UNESCO’s support to the 2008 Global Action Week (21-27 April 2008), a worldwide campaign organized annually by the Global Campaign for Education (GCE).

This year, the twin themes of the Global Action Week are quality education and inclusion as key factors to attain the six Education for All (EFA) goals.

The online discussion forums provide a platform for sharing information, views and good practices to enrich the current debates on inclusion and quality education. The main themes and key questions that the discussions will address are:

• Quality Education for All - What is quality education and how can it be measured? (Moderated by Jean Bernard, ED/BAS/IQE)
• Enhancing Learning - How can schools do a better job of helping all children succeed? (Moderated by Maria Malevri, ED/BAS/IQE)
• Faces of the Excluded - Why are so many children out of school and how can we reach them? (Moderated by Namtip Aksornkool, ED/BAS/IQE)
• Inclusive Education in Action - How can educational systems put an end to exclusion? (Moderated by Kenneth Eklindh, ED/BAS/IQE)
• Voices of Youth - Describe your dream school: what would make it a better place to learn? (Moderated by Amina Hamshari, ED/BAS/ASP)

Themes 1-4 are open to all participants. The discussions on theme 5 is reserved for children and young people to exchange their views.

While all themes are rather generic, participants can raise and address specific issues on each theme by posting messages and questions.

To access the discussions, please visit the UNESCO website at http://www.unesco.org/education/en/efa/global-action-week/forum . UNESCO encourages all EFA partners as well as education experts, practitioners and stakeholders to participate.