No matter the location or education level, schools can and should be fundamentally joyous places. At best, schools stimulate happiness through all five senses: seeing a teacher smile, hearing students laugh, feeling a hug from a friend, smelling fresh air, tasting a nutritious school meal.
The Teenage Pregnancy Policy for Schools aims to provide procedures, guidelines and regulations to be followed by schools, the Student Services Section in the Ministry of Education and Youth and the parents to assist them in decision making and providing support for students who become pregnant b
This National Safe Schools policy sets out how the Government, schools and community can work together to ensure the protection of children and students from harm or risk of harm caused by others.
The second ECOWAS Regional Technical Conference on Homegrown School Feeding (HGSF), held in Dakar from May 21–23, 2024, brought together around 120 participants from ECOWAS and non-ECOWAS countries, alongside partners from international organizations and major financial institutions like the IsDB
The call to action by Ministries of Education from the first Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children, Bogotá, Colombia, 7-8 November 2024.
Africa stands at a crossroads, with its future prosperity hinging on the policy and investment decisions it makes today. The continent has an opportunity to shape the trajectories of generations to come by investing in the success of a pivotal population: its adolescent girls.
Where do caregivers of school children stand on the perennial debate on cash versus in-kind transfers for social protection and human capital development?
At the preschool level, sexuality education content is recommended, but not compulsory. The themes addressed are: Sexual Growth and Body Image; and Pregnancy and Birth. From Elementary 1 to 6, all compulsory sexuality education is offered as part of the Culture and Citizenship in Québec program.
At the secondary level, compulsory sexuality education is mainly offered as part of the Culture and Citizenship in Québec program, that is, to students in Secondary I, II, IV and V.
This paper shines a light on sexual violence in education settings. It covers forced, non-consensual or exploitative sexual acts perpetrated in, around or related to an education setting.