Global Campaign forEducation UK 2010

32Cabinet Ministers

went back to schools in their constituencies

for special 1GOAL

Secretary of State for International Development attended the 1GOAL Education Summit in South Africa

51,000,0009,000

pupils took part in the schools campaign

of giant supporter scarves arrived at 10 Downing Street

UK adults signed up to 1GOAL

schools signed up to do ‘1GOAL – Send My

Friend to School’

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61,000pieces of media coverage -and counting!

MPs joined a new parliamentary group on Education for All

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Front cover picture: Girls at school in Sabiyel, northern Nigeria. Photo credit: Martin Godwin/GCE

2010 marked 10 years since the adoption, by the international community, of both the Education for All and the Millennium Development Goals. While much has been achieved, millions of children, young people and adults in the world are still denied their right to an education.

The focus on education surrounding the FIFA World Cup in South Africa presented the Global Campaign for Education

UK with a unique opportunity to grow community interest and political support. Endorsements from some of the nation’s favourite footballers helped to build on the success of the Send My Friend to School campaign in UK schools. The campaign broke all records with 9,000 schools taking part in 2010.

Prior to the General Election, the campaign launched ‘Education for All: a call for UK action’ to set out what the UK should do to play its part in securing education for millions around the world. Knowing that following the election there would be a substantial new intake of MPs, work was stepped up to increase visibility of the

campaign within Parliament. One of the goals for the year was to create an All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), which was successfully launched in October.

In September, the UN Millennium Development Review Summit was held in New York. With just 5 years to meet the target for universal primary education, and 69 million children still out of school, new momentum and new announcements of funding were vitally needed.

Although nearly 140 world leaders were at the UN summit, including Nick Clegg our Deputy Prime Minister, the outcome of the Summit was disappointing. Much more remains to be done; world leaders are still only giving a quarter of the funds needed to provide Education For All and at the current rate of progress there will be more than 50 million children out of school in 2015.

This document looks in more detail at the campaign’s achievements in 2010 and provides an overview of our future priorities.

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Working towards Education for All

8.3million

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Nigeria alonePhoto Credit: Martin Godwin/GCE

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One of the aims of the Global Campaign for Education (GCE) is to raise greater awareness within Parliament of the factors affecting the provision of education globally. By working with politicians from all parties the GCE aims to hold the UK Government to its’ obligations towards securing the education related Millennium Development and Education for All Goals.

During 2010 the joint impact of the schools campaign and the parliamentary work was clear to see; over 100 MPs visited schools in their constituencies, which resulted in a very notable increase in the level of awareness of this issue and interest by politicians from all parties.There were a number of mentions of the campaign within parliamentary debates and a high turnout of MPs at the two GCE parliamentary events that were held.

In September, to tie in with the 1 GOAL campaign, Gary and Dani Lineker spoke to an audience of 37 MPs about their passion to see a world in which all children have a quality education. Many in the audience were new MPs and were photographed with the Linekers to spread the word within their own constituency.

The result of this work is that for the first time an All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Global Education for All has now been formed. The APPG, chaired by Tony Baldry MP, currently has 32 members. The formation of this group marks a significant achievement and means a dedicated group of politicians are actively working to champion the UK’s commitment and delivery on Education For All.

Working with parliamentarians

MPs attended ‘1GOAL – Send My Friend to

School’ events in their constituencies

When I received 20 letters from Class P at Hayfield School and another letter from the sixth-form girls at Upton Hall School, I knew I had to make my maiden speech in this debate[on global poverty].Esther McVey, Conservative MP for Wirral West

‘‘Vince Cable MP, Business Secretary, visiting Waldegrave School, Twickenham

Photo Credit: Mark Chilvers/GCE

From left to right: Nigel Evans MP, Gary Lineker, Pamela Nash MP, Danielle Lineker and Mark Williams MP at the 1GOAL parliamentary event

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Working with Schools

Every year the Global Campaign for Education (GCE) creates cross-curricular learning resources to enable pupils in the UK to learn about their peers in the developing world who miss out on the chance to go to school. These help to inspire and motivate them to become active global citizens and remind the Prime Minister to keep the promise made by world leaders of universal primary education by 2015. This year the UK schools campaign, ‘1 GOAL – Send My Friend to School’, tied in closely with the international theme of the World Cup. Over 200 famous footballers backed the campaign helping to inspire a staggering 1 million pupils in 9,000 schools to take part. Pupils were invited to show their support by creating and signing giant supporter

scarves to send to the new Prime Minister ahead of the Millennium Development Talks in September. Schools were highly creative; scarves were made out of all sorts of materials; a 120 metre paper scarf; a 72 metre finger knitted scarf (each metre representing 1 million children out of school), and a sari scarf using red and white to represent England, were amongst some of the thousands of scarves that made their way to David Cameron and No.10. Free learning resources, including a DVD and lesson ideas, support young people to speak up and be a voice for change. World Cup assemblies, penalty shoot outs, presentations to MPs and visits from local footballers were some of the activities that schools organised to communicate the issue to fellow pupils and the wider local community, so helping to gain widespread support for 1GOAL.

I have used the teaching resources for the past couple

of years and think they are

excellent...they have highlighted issues in a way I couldn’t have done without

them.Cherryl Maltby,

teacher at Armthorpe School

in DoncasterThe campaign has opened up the eyes of all the students at Bedale High School. The experience was so good that I’m determined to not stop supporting the campaign until every child has the opportunity of education.Emma Woods, 15, Head Girl at Bedale High School in Yorkshire

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The giant supporter scarf at St Hughs School, Lincolnshire

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Working with decision makers

In addition to its awareness and campaigning work, The Global Campaign for Education (GCE) acts as an umbrella organization for UK civil society organizations with an interest in education in the developing world. Regular meetings are held with both Ministers and officials from the Department for International Development (DfID) to monitor their work and to provide advice and guidance on the UK’s policies and strategies on education.

The GCE has had good relations with DfID Ministers in successive governments and has influenced the size and shape of the UK’s aid to education sector. The campaign secured an agreement from the then government to develop a detailed education policy. It consequently facilitated a UK wide civil society consultation on behalf of DfID and spoke at the strategy’s launch.

To raise awareness of the issue with the other political parties, the GCE held events at both the Liberal Democrat and Conservative party conferences prior to the election.

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In February 2010, the campaign published ‘Education For All – A Call for UK action’ which was launched at a parliamentary event. MPs from all three political parties spoke, including Mike Foster, the then Minister for International Development. The report is now being used as the basis for the GCE’s ongoing advocacy efforts.

The campaign has successfully established a working relationship with the new Secretary of State and his ministerial colleagues. GCE UK’s policy group recently met with Stephen O’Brien, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, with the aim of clarifying the new government’s support for education.

In September, Andrew Mitchell MP, the Secretary for State for International Development, spoke at the 1GOAL parliamentary event and demonstrated his commitment to global education by travelling to South Africa for the 1GOAL Education Summit.

Quality education for all offers a vital route to prosperity for poor countries,

with the greatest dividends coming

from educating girls. Andrew Mitchell, Secretary of State for International

Development

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Nick Clegg MP, Deputy Prime Minister,

visits schoolchildren in Sheffield

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The main objective of the Global Campaign for Education’s (GCE’s) media work is to drive teachers and pupils to take part in the schools campaign. It also aims to increase the level of understanding of the global education crisis, including financing education and other barriers to education beyond aid. In addition, it uses the media to comment on UK government policy positions and keep up the pressure on the UK government for them to deliver on their commitments.

In 2010 GCE managed to secure good coverage in all key media. Once again First News, the children’s newspaper, and the Education Guardian were media partners. There was excellent coverage of the campaign in the educational press and teacher union magazines, which helped to

maximize the target audience. Over 200 media articles have been collected and many more articles were generated by schools across the country, aided by the provision of a press pack.

A national competition was held for the second year running, the Steve Sinnott Award, to find the campaign’s Young Ambassadors for 2010. Ronan McKenzie and Rhiannon Kruse-Edwards, both 14, travelled to Ghana with the GCE and PLAN International, accompanied by the Education Guardian. On their return the young campaigners conducted a number of media interviews, spoke at conferences and held meetings with politicians.

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big issue by Karen Garvin for ActionAid

To find out more go to www.sendmyfriend.org

You are helpingA sTAggerIng one million schoolchildren in 8,94� schools around the uK have been taking part this summer in the 1 gOAL send My Friend to school campaign.The campaign

The 1gOAL campaign, which is running in 200 countries, is supported by many celebrities and more than 100 famous footballers including David James, Peter Crouch and Michael Owen.

It seizes the power of football to ensure that education for

all is the lasting impact of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Pupils were invited by the Global Campaign for Education

to show their support for the 1GOAL Send My Friend to School campaign by creating and signing giant supporter scarves to send in to the new Prime Minister ahead of the Millennium Development Talks in September. The idea was to

remind him and other world leaders of their promise to make

sure that all children have a primary education by 2015. giant scarfsGiant supporter scarves have been made out of all

sorts of materials. A 53-metre paper scarf, a 72-metre finger-knitted scarf (each metre representing one million

children out of school) and a sari scarf using red and white

to represent England, are among some of the hundreds

of scarves that are already on their way to David Cameron

and Number 10!

Football funAssemblies, coffee mornings, penalty shoot outs, visits

from local footballers, mufti days with football kit as the theme and barbecues, are activities that schools are using

to communicate the issue to pupils, invite parents in to sign

up to 1GOAL and get the local media along.st Vincent’s rC schoolAlex, Lily, Jacob and Vanessa from St Vincent’s RC

School wrote: “Last month, our pupils were united with Caldershaw Primary School to raise awareness for the

1 GOAL campaign.“After listening to the facts revealing the shocking deprivation of education for 72 million children worldwide,

MPs Jim Dobbin and Simon Danczuk were given scarves handmade by the St Vincent’s children. They promised to send the scarves to

10 Downing Street to describe to Mr Cameron how important it is that all children have an education.“Along with the MPs, Nicky Spooner an ex-professional footballer, enjoyed watching mixed teams of Caldershaw and St Vincent’s children play a match. The children participating in the match all had facts stuck onto their backs, describing how important it is for everyone in the world to have an education. The more enthusiastic teachers came to the match dressed up; one came as a hotdog and

one as a banana!”

getting noticedChildren in the UK have been passing on to their MPs

what they have learned about the barriers which stop millions of children in the developing world realising their

basic human right for education. Politicians including Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, William Hague Foreign Secretary, and Andrew Mitchell, Minister for International Development have all

visited schools for the campaign. Nicola Cadbury, Send My Friend Co-ordinator said: “More than a third of all UK schools have taken part and

the activities that they are doing are a real inspiration. Young people in this country should be proud of the fact that they are not only aware and deeply concerned

about global issues such as universal primary education

but have been able to get their voices heard by their MPs

and other politicians.”

What to do nextIf you haven’t already sent your scarf in, make sure

you send it to David Cameron, the Prime Minister, 10 Downing Street, London SW1A 2AA, before the end of term. And make sure your voices count by adding your

score to our scoreboard at www.sendmyfriend.org/scoreboard.

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Victoria Primary School proudly display their scarves and posters

MPs Jim Dobbin and Simon Danczuk at St Vincent’s

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2011 will see the launch of ‘Send My Sister to School’, designed to highlight the barriers to education for girls and women in the global south. Using the ancient art of storytelling, as the basis for their activities and events, pupils in the UK will learn about the reasons why it is often the girls that are the ones who are denied their basic right to an education.

Now that the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) is formed there are plans for a number of events within Parliament on topics including multilateral funding for education, teachers for EFA, and girls’ and women’s education. An aspiration for the year ahead is to take a delegation of MPs to a developing country and give them firsthand experience of the issue by visiting education programmes, however this is budget dependent.

The Global Campaign for Education will also contribute throughout the year by scrutinising the Department for International Development’s work on education. It will encourage MPs to table parliamentary questions, hold debates and have face-to-face meetings as well as engaging with other parliamentary bodies.

Publicity will continue to highlight and communicate the issue through the media as well as publicising the fantastic campaigning efforts of young campaigners around the country.

What’s next? 2011

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Schoolchildren in Rajasthan, India

1.9million

new teachers are needed annually to

meet universal primary

education by 2015

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The Global Campaign for Education (GCE) is an international coalition of child rights activists, teachers’ unions and development organisations around the world, united in their determination to make the right to education a reality. In the UK the campaign seeks to increase community awareness of the state of education internationally and generate the political will necessary to ensure the UK plays an active and effective part in efforts to secure education for all.

For more information, please contact Nicola Cadbury, Global Campaign for Education UK Co-ordinator, by telephone 020 3122 0679 or email at nicola.cadbury@actionaid.org

www.sendmyfriend.org

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