Today, the Drafting Committee of the human rights Guiding Principles on private actors in education is launched an online public consultation on the draft of the Guiding Principles. The online consultation is open to any interested stakeholder. The draft Guiding Principles are available here, feedback can be submitted through an online questionnaire available here, or […]
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Public statement (Geneva, 6 July 2018) The UN Human Rights Council – the top global human rights body – adopted yesterday a resolution emphasising with unprecedented consensus the urgent need to better regulate private education providers in order to address the negative impacts of the commercialisation of education, and to do so following human […]
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There are three pillars to address current education challenges: Increased education financing is the cornerstone of any improvement in education, in particular through improving the 4S (share, size, sensitivity and scrutiny) of education budgets; Accountability; Institution building. These three dimensions are related. For instance, increased financing is facilitated if citizens and donors trust institutions through […]
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Kampala, Monrovia, Nairobi, 1st March 2018. In an open letter published today, 88 civil society organisations have urged investors to cease their support for the multi-national for-profit chain of private schools Bridge International Academies (BIA), which runs over 500 schools in Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Uganda, and India. These organisations are calling investors’ attention to a […]
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(Nairobi, 13th November 2017) In a report made available last week, the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR) demanded that the Government of Kenya effectively enforce regulations in regard to the controversial American chain of private schools, Bridge International Academies, as a measure to guarantee quality education in Kenya. The ACHPR expressed concern […]
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Press release (Dakar, 21 October 2017) Just a week after France and Senegal announced that they would co-host in Senegal the replenishment of a major education development initiative, more than 80 organisations and State representatives from 24 Francophone countries will meet from the 23rd to the 26th of October 2017 at the Institut de la […]
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Communiqué de presse (Dakar, 21 octobre 2017) Quelques semaines après l’annonce par la France et le Sénégal de l’organisation d’une conférence mondiale de refinancement de l’éducation au Sénégal, plus de 80 organisations et représentants étatiques issus de 24 pays francophones se réuniront du 23 au 26 octobre 2017 à l’Institut de la Francophonie pour l’éducation […]
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On Wednesday 11th October, ActionAid Nigeria, together with CSACEFA and the Nigerian Union of Teachers launched the report “Whose Children Go to Bridge International Academies: a School Choice for the Middle Class in Ijegun, Lagos”. The report is based on intensive research by Dr Joanna Harma in the first school opened by BIA in Lagos. […]
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For a PDF version, see http://bit.ly/2x9ZwQh (Monrovia, Kampala, Nairobi, Dakar, Lagos, London, 7 September 2017) A new independent rigorous study published today, the first of its kind, confirmed that the American large-scale commercial chain of pre-primary and primary schools, Bridge International Academies, is not fulfilling its learning promises, while violating ethical […]
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POUR DIFFUSION IMMÉDIATE 174 organisations de la société civile à travers le monde appellent les investisseurs de la chaine d’école américaine Bridge International Academies à cesser leur soutien (Nairobi, Kampala, Monrovia, Johannesburg, 1er Août 2017) 174 organisations de la société civile du monde entier publient aujourd’hui une déclaration appelant les investisseurs de Bridge International Academies […]
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