GPE Webinar: Using evidence to leave no child behind: What next for the Out-of-School Children Initiative?

Many children and adolescents remain out-of-school, mostly from the marginalized groups. Understanding who these children are and why they are out-of-school is a vital step in policy and planning. The Out-of-School Children Initiative (OOSCI) is a partnership between UNICEF, the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), and the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) which was developed and launched in 2010. It aims to support governments to create and execute innovative approaches to better estimate the number of children that are not included in educational opportunities, identify who these children are, and to create solutions to bring these children back to school. This session will reflect on the lessons from OOSCI since 2010, examine some key methodological issues around counting out-of-school children, and consider how evidence can be used in future to improve policy and planning, and remove barriers to educational opportunity.

To watch the webinar live, click below:

Live Streaming Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGkytVI2IWk

Live Streaming Link with Captions: https://stuartjcameron.github.io/webinar/?v=iGkytVI2IWk&event=CFI-WorldBank

MODERATOR: Stuart Cameron, Equity and Inclusion Thematic Lead, GPE Secretariat 

PRESENTERS: Mark Waltham (Chief Education, Unicef Nepal Country Office), Wongani Grace Taulo (Senior Education Advisor, Gender Equity and Inclusion (GIE) UNICEF), Sheena Bell (PhD Student, Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Toronto Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) (formerly UIS, UNICEF)), Bilal Barakat (Senior Policy Analyst, Global Education Monitoring Report (GEMR), UNESCO)