Education for All: a Human Right and Basic Need - Sida

Education for All: a Human Right and Basic Need

Policy for Sida's Development Cooperation in the Education Sector

Education for All: a Human Right and Basic Need

Policy for Sida's Development Cooperation in the Education Sector

April 2001

Department for Democracy and Social Development Education Division

Printed by Elanders Novum AB, Gothenburg, January 2003. 44194 Art.no: SIDA 2116en

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD ........................................................................ 5

LIST OF POSITION AND REFERENCE PAPERS ....................... 7

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ..................................................... 9

POLICY FOR SIDA'S DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR ............................................. 11

Goals and points of departure ..................................... 11 Sidas role and approach .............................................. 16

At country level ............................................................. 16 At regional and international levels ................................. 20 Research ...................................................................... 21 Principles for Sidas support to education .................... 22 Priorities for Sida .......................................................... 24

ANALYTICAL BACKGROUND ............................................... 28 Situation analysis .......................................................... 28 Financing and managing education for all .................. 30 New challenges ............................................................. 33 Obstacles to education for all ....................................... 37 Lessons learnt ................................................................ 40

BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................................................. 43

APPENDICES .................................................................... 45 1. The Dakar framework for action ........................... 45 2. Sidas policy for sector programme support .......... 57 3. Sida policy: Capacity development as a strategic question in development cooperation .................... 63

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4. Code of conduct for education sector funding agencies ................................................................... 69

5. List of human right paragraphs with relevance to the right to education ......................................... 72

6. Analytical model for education support ................ 80 7. Core EFA indicators ............................................... 81

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The attainment of basic literacy and numeracy skills has been identified repeatedly as the most significant factor in reducing poverty and increasing participation by individuals in the economic,

political and cultural life of their societies.

OECD/DAC (1996) Shaping the 21st Century: The Contribution of Development Cooperation

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