Overhauling educational practice to respect, protect and fulfil the Rights of the Child
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The RCE Quality Assurance System (QAS) was inaugurated on Nov 20th (the 36th Anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child) as a civil society-led implementation of a proposal from the World Programme for Human Rights Education.
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Every educator (esp. in schools/home edu) seeking to uphold Children's Rights in their practice is invited to join
Details in recording or rights-centric.education
Early-adopters can participate in finalising the operational details in December, so we hope to see you onboard soon
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The RCE Quality Assurance System launches on the 20th of November - if you are on the fence about being an early adopter, maybe this video will answer your questions:
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At the International Democratic Education Conference 2025 in Belgium last month, @sifaan's keynote on "Mainstreaming Democratic Education" made the case for Democratic Schools to explicitly describe their practices in terms of Human Rights / Child Rights.
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If you support the concept of Rights-Centric Education because it resonates with you, but you are uncertain about what action you can take to advance it (e.g. "How can the RCE Network support my work?", "How can I support the work done by others in the RCE Network?") then...
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...the Making Change Stick program is for you.
It's a specially curated 5-week program starting April 22nd. For registration and more information, visit ucyottawa.com/
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Best wishes to all for the holidays and a Happy New Year!
In 2025, the RCE Network will be hosting several events at the Learning Planet Festival to help pull education into alignment with the evolution of human rights.
Please join us! Details at rights-centric.education/eve…
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The Declaration of Child Rights-Centric Education is now launched!
You can read and sign it at rights-centric.education/dec…. The essence of it is that if anything in education is inconsistent with human rights, and especially child rights, then we have to prioritise human rights.
This is from the Guidance Note of the UN Secretary General on Child Rights Mainstreaming (July 2023)
Of all the places where children are reduced to “objects of adults’ goodwill; mere recipients of services” by far the most commonplace is mainstream education (public compulsory
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Is it time for a "Reformation" in education?
What is the "scripture" we could be guided by?
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Sifaan pays tribute to Janusz Korczak, whose work influenced the creation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, highlighting the importance of Child Rights being respected in education.
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"Children do not lose their human rights by virtue of passing through the school gates"
The UN asserted this in 2001 because while much has been said and done to advance Children's Rights TO Education, Children's Rights were not being upheld IN Education.
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This is not a new development (although in many countries it has unfortunately got worse despite that assertion) - and to address that, we have to understand its history.
To learn more, and perhaps be a part of the civil society initiative "Rights-Centric Education", check out ^
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If you are interested to join as a Founding Member, please see rights-centric.education/joi…
For other ways to support Rights-Centric Education (staying in touch, introducing us to others, etc) please see rights-centric.education/sup…
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Team @KinderRepublic (+ a member from Riverstone Village in ZA joining virtually) pitching an AI app to evaluate educational practice against the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) at #AI #Hackathon by @ai_colombo with @mindstudioai on 5/17
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The platform allowed to quickly build a #nocode AI App to evaluate practices e.g. punishing children for not doing homework, scaring children who are refusing school, banning children from using smart devices etc. against the CRC and cite specific articles in the response.
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