Education Monitor: Around The Globe Week 11&12 2023

Broken Chalk proudly presents the first edition of “Education Monitor: Around the Globe”. Broken Chalk aims with this letter to increase public awareness of  Educational problems, challenges and violations in the scope of the world. This newsletter is unique. This is a weekly newsletter in which we attempt to monitor and convey educational news from around the world in a concise manner. This monitor will be published biweekly with the effort of our young and enthusiastic team.

You can contribute to our work if you like. If you witness any violations in the scope of education, you can write the comment part of this post. Broken Chalk will try to address the issue in its next monitor edition.

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Прес-реліз: Міжнародний жіночий день 2023

8 березня 2023 року

З Міжнародним жіночим днем!

День, присвячений відзначенню досягнень жінок у всьому світі, підвищенню обізнаності про виклики, з якими стикаються жінки, та визначенню шляхів досягнення гендерної рівності. Цього року тема – “Жінки в освіті, технологіях та інноваціях”, на яку жіночій команді Broken Chalk вдалося зняти відео, щоб відзначити цей день, підвищити обізнаність про виклики, з якими жінки все ще стикаються в освіті, а також визначити прогалини та рішення для досягнення гендерної рівності. Гендерна рівність – це процес справедливого ставлення до жінок і чоловіків. Жінки продовжують здобувати професійну освіту та робити кар’єру, але не без перешкод. Щоб забезпечити справедливість, повинні бути доступні методи і зусилля, які допоможуть жінкам у всьому світі протистояти будь-яким соціальним, політичним або культурним недолікам, з якими вони можуть зіткнутися.

 

Стаття 28 Конвенції про права дитини визнає рівні можливості та обов’язкову і доступну початкову освіту для всіх. До сьогодні 129 мільйонів дівчаток все ще не ходять до школи, хоча сьогодні більше дівчат мають доступ до освіти, ніж будь-коли раніше. На реалізацію права жінок на якісну освіту все ще впливають численні гендерні бар’єри, такі як хибні стереотипи, дитячі шлюби та зарання вагітність, бідність або гендерно зумовлене насильство. Хоча гендерно-справедливі системи освіти сприяють процвітанню всієї країни, бідні сім’ї часто віддають перевагу хлопчикам, коли інвестують в освіту. Однак освіта дівчат також сприятиме соціальному та економічному добробуту їхніх країн, оскільки вони з більшою ймовірністю інвестуватимуть в освіту своїх дітей і надаватимуть їй пріоритетне значення через цінність шкільної освіти.

 

Освіта дівчат виходить за рамки вступу до школи: необхідно забезпечити безпечне навчальне середовище, яке дозволить дівчатам завершити навчання і здобути знання та навички, необхідні для конкуренції на ринку праці.

Наша команда поміркувала над проблемами в галузі освіти, з якими досі стикаються жінки в країнах їхнього походження, а також над можливими шляхами їх вирішення. На так званій “Глобальній Півночі” доступ дівчат до освіти не залежить від статі, але стереотипи все ще відіграють певну роль у тому, що жінки вивчають гуманітарні, а не природничі дисципліни. У деяких країнах, таких як Італія, несправедливість і дискримінація у доступі до ринку праці все ще мають місце. З іншого боку, на африканському континенті бідність відіграє вирішальну роль у доступі до освіти. Однією з головних проблем є той факт, що для багатьох дівчат освіта призупиняється: відсутня безперервність. Так відбувається в Кенії, де кризи, спричинені посухою та голодом, ставлять під загрозу безперервність освіти дівчат.

Дівчата також кидають школу через ранні вагітності та шлюби. В Уганді та Мозамбіку це явище дуже поширене: суспільство має стати більш чутливим до важливості навчання дівчат у школі для соціального розвитку. Крім того, в деяких країнах Азії, таких як Індонезія, дитячі шлюби все ще є причиною, через яку жінки припиняють навчання в школі і зосереджуються на догляді за дітьми та домашнім господарством. Хоча уряд вживає заходів для покращення якості освіти індонезійських дівчат, необхідно поширювати інформацію про цінності та важливість освіти для дівчат серед громадськості. Інвестиції в освіту жінками змінюють громади, країни та світ. Вони зміцнюють економіку та зменшують нерівність. Ще одним викликом, з яким можуть зіткнутися жінки, є випадок з Туркіє, де студентки університету все ще стикаються з обшуками з роздяганням, які проводять співробітники поліції.

Як завжди, місія Broken Chalk – поширювати знання про важливість освіти для актуалізації прав людини. Цього року Broken Chalk зосередиться на покращенні доступу дівчат до освіти та підвищенні обізнаності про позитивний вплив жіночої освіти на суспільство в цілому, а також на економічний та соціальний добробут. Оскільки права жінок – це права людини, ми продовжуватимемо підтримувати зусилля, спрямовані на досягнення гендерної рівності в усіх сферах, а не лише в освіті. Гендерна рівність покращує можливості для всіх і дозволяє людям здійснювати свої мрії, незважаючи на стать. Справедливість веде до рівності.

 

З Міжнародним жіночим днем!

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In Turkey: 47 people detained for helping the families of under arrest.

Humanitarian protection given to the families of prisoners, accused of anti-terrorism, should not be seen as a form of support for terrorism.

According to the Turkish Media outlets; 47 people were detained because they provided financial aid to the relatives of those imprisoned in Izmir and distributed aid sent from abroad to families in need. The money and jewellery in the houses of these people and 2 F series American dollars were also seized on the grounds that they were evidence of ‘organization’.

Within the scope of the investigation carried out by the İzmir Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, 40 houses were raided in İzmir, İstanbul, Ankara, Samsun and Muğla and 47 of the 54 people for whom arrest warrants were issued were detained.

During the searches conducted at the addresses, 180 thousand 305 Turkish liras ( around 8 thousand 900 Euros), 400 euros, 4 thousand 900 dollars, 47 jewellery items, numerous documents containing information on organizational activities and financial distribution within the organization, and two “F” series 1 US dollars were seized.

It was stated that those detained were people who provided financial assistance to members of the Gülen community and that they handed over the money sent from abroad to families in need of help.

In the statement made by the İzmir Police, it was announced that the aid was provided in three ways: cardless transactions from ATMs, cargo and hand.

Humanitarian protection should be given to the prisoner of anti-terrorism and the prisoner’s family members during these difficult times.  Humanitarian protection given to the families of prisoners, accused of anti-terrorism, should not be seen as a form of support for terrorism. Awareness among society and the decision makers within the country that even prisoners are entitled to “rights” despite the crimes that they are accused of having committed.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights clearly states under Article 3 that individuals have a right to life, liberty and security. Under Article 9 no one shall be subject to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile. In Turkey, individuals’ rights are being restricted under the veil of anti-terrorism laws. This escalating repression of rights and political agenda that is taking over has sustained heavy blows on Turkish society.

 

What happened after 15th July 2016 in Turkey?(1)

Turkey has a broad definition of terrorism includes crimes against the constitutional order and allows the criminalization of expressions that justify, praise or incite people to use coercion or violent methods employed by a terrorist organization.

While the number of investigations on terrorism-related allegations was 55,058 in 2014 and 36,425 in 2015, they continually rose following a failed coup on July 15, 2016, when 155.014 investigations were launched that year alone. In 2017 the number of investigations launched on terrorism-related allegations rose to a record number of 457,423, to 444,342 in 2018, to 310,954 in 2019, 208,833 in 2020 and 191,964 in 2021, totalling 1,768,530 in the 2016-2021 period. (

Following the coup attempt, the Turkish government launched a massive crackdown on non-loyalist citizens, particularly members of the faith-based Gülen movement, under the pretext of an anti-coup fight.

The Turkish government accuses the Gülen movement of masterminding the failed coup, yet the movement strongly denies any involvement in the failed putsch.

 

1 https://stockholmcf.org/more-than-2-million-terrorism-investigations-launched-in-turkey-following-failed-coup-official-data/

Press Release: International Women’s Day 2023

8th March 2023

Happy International Women’s Day!

A day dedicated to celebrating women’s achievements worldwide, raising awareness of the challenges women face, and determining ways of achieving gender equality. This year the theme is Women in Education, Technology, and innovation, for which the Broken Chalk women’s team manage to make a video to commemorate the day, to raise awareness of the challenges women still face in education, and to identify the gaps and solutions for achieving gender equality. Gender equity is the process of being fair to women and men. Women have continued to pursue professional education and careers, but not without barriers. To ensure fairness, methods and efforts must be available to help women across the globe against any social, political, or cultural disadvantages they might face.

 

Article 28 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child recognizes equal opportunities and compulsory and available primary education for all. To this day, 129 million girls are still not going to school, although more girls have access to education than ever before. The enjoyment of women’s right to quality education is still affected by multiple gender-based barriers, such as wrong stereotypes, child marriage and pregnancy, poverty, or gender-based violence. Although gender-equitable education systems build prosperity for the whole country, poor families often prioritise boys when investing in education. However, education for young girls will also enhance their countries’ social and economic well-being, as they are more likely to invest in and prioritize their children’s education because of the value of schooling.

 

Girls’ education goes beyond entering school: it is necessary to ensure a safe learning environment that enables girls to complete their learning and acquire the knowledge and skills needed to compete in the labour market. However, in some countries, schools still do not meet safety, hygiene and sanitation requirements or the same teaching practices creating gender gaps in learning.

Our team reflected on the ongoing education challenges women still face in their countries of origin and as possible solutions. In the so-called “Global North,” girls’ access to education is not conditioned by gender but stereotypes still play a role in relegating women to the humanities instead of science subjects. In some countries such as Italy injustices and discrimination in access to the labour market still occur. On the other hand, on the African continent, poverty plays a crucial role in access to education. One of the main concerns is the fact that for many girls, education is put on hold: there is no continuity. This is the case in Kenya, where crises caused by drought and famine challenge the durability of girls’ education. Girls also drop out of school due to early pregnancies and marriages. In Uganda and Mozambique, this phenomenon is very much present: society must become more sensitive to the importance of sending girls to school for social development. Also, in some Asian countries like Indonesia child marriage is still a cause for which women are stopping school and focusing on taking care of the children and the household. Although the government is acting to implement policies that improve the quality of Indonesian girls’ education, what needs to be spread is public awareness of the values and importance of education for girls. Investing in girls’ schooling transforms communities, countries, and the world. It strengthens economies and reduces inequality. Another challenge women may face is the case of Turkiye, where female university students still face strip searches by police officers.

 

As always, it is Broken Chalk’s mission to spread knowledge about the importance of education in actualizing human rights. This year Broken Chalk will focus on improving girls’ access to education and raising awareness about the positive impact that female education has on society in general as well as on economic and social well-being. Because women’s rights are human rights, we will continue to support efforts to achieve gender equality across all domains, not just education. Gender equity improves opportunities for all and allows people to pursue their dreams despite gender. Equity leads to equality.

 

Happy International Women’s Day!

Signed by

Broken Chalk

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Montenegro Report Summary 2022

Paul Schamp

10.11.2022

  • Education system faces multiple challenges over chronic shortage in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM fields) graduates.
  • While there is an increase in the coverage of Roma children in primary and secondary education, a drop in preschool and university education is apparent.
  • Quality of Roma education remains of great concern
    • Roma registered with the National Employment Bureau, 96% have the lowest level of education and less than 1% are educated to secondary level. This limits the range of employment opportunities.
  • Little improvement post-COVID to advance reforms on quality of education
    • Quality and relevance of education system, including lack of practical experience of graduates from vocational and higher education, remain key challenges
    • Occupational mismatch is high in tertiary education graduates
    • Montenegro must adopt a costed plan for wide ranging education reforms including inclusive education and improving access to quality education at all education levels
    • Implement the new strategy on early and preschool education 2021-2025 to improve preschool enrolment for all children
    • Finalize then initiate the national vocational education and training (VET) implementation plan 2022-2023 of the VET strategy 2020-2024, as well as putting in place the evaluation mechanism of practical learning at VET and higher education levels.
  • Preschool enrolment rate stood at 48.71% in 2020-2021, still well below the EU 95% target
    • Effected by the COVID-context
  • Number of children with disabilities in both preschool and primary education increased by 21% and 7%.
  • Government approved in December 2021 the strategy for digitalization for education (2022-2027), which is fully aligned with the EU digital education action plan
  • Montenegro still does not have a qualitative, budgeted, multi-annual education strategy and plan for sustainable reforms.
  • Free transport was provided for 600 primary school students
  • Montenegro must align more with the Poznan Declaration on Roma integration in order to fully implement the strategy for inclusive education 2019-2025.
  • New strategy on early and preschool education was adopted in Q4 2021 and its implementation started including support to all preschool institutions for conducting campaign on enrolment, capacity building of staff to implement the parenting program, a workshop on partnerships with Roma and Egyptian families.
  • Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports revised strategy for higher education to cover the period 2022-2026 and draft a new law on higher education. However, their adoption is pending and tangible results are not yet in place
  • Developing a structured monitoring and evaluation of practical education in higher education programs remains to be an area that requires specific attention.

بيان صحفي: اليوم العالمي للتعليم ٢٠٢٣

في الرابع والعشرين من يناير، تدعوكم منظمة “بروكن تشالك” للانضمام إلينا في الاحتفال باليوم العالمي للتعليم. في هذا اليوم، ندرك إنجازات هذا العام في سياسة التعليم و الاخذ بعين الاعتبار في التحديات المستمرة التي تمثلها جائحة كوفيد-١٩، والارتفاع العالمي في النزاعات المسلحة، والقيود المتزايدة على حرية التعبير، والانكماش الاقتصادي العالمي. هذه بعض الصعوبات التي تساهم في الحد من التمويل التعليمي، وتدهور معايير التعليم، وانخفاض معدلات الالتحاق.

نحن في بروكن تشالك نأمل في قيادة مجتمع المنظمات الغير حكومية لمضاعفة التزامنا الجماعي في التعليم.

دعونا نأخذ نظرة أولاً على كيفية مساهمة منظمتنا بشكل إيجابي في تحقيق التعليم كحق من حقوق الإنسان في عام ٢٠٢٢. هذا العام، أجرت بروكن تشالك بحوثًا مهمًا في التحديات التعليمية التي تواجه أكثر من ٢٥ دولة، وحللت بما في ذلك أبعاد التمويل والتسجيل والعرق والتوزيع الاجتماعي والاقتصادي والمساواة بين الجنسين وإمكانية الوصول للطلاب ذوي الإعاقة ومعدلات توظيف الخريجين، و إتاحة التدريب المهني للشباب. نشرت تقارير التحديات التعليمية هذه على موقعنا الإلكتروني ومنصات وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي، وزادت الوعي حول المشاكل الأكاديمية الأكثر إلحاحًا في  بعض البلدان أو المبادرات التعليمية الأكثر إيجابية.

بالإضافة إلى ذلك ، بدأت بروكن تشالك سلسلة تقارير جديدة تلخص وتحلل حزمة توسيع الاتحاد الأوروبي لعام ٢٠٢١ لمنطقة غرب البلقان وتركيا. على وجه التحديد، أنتجت هذه السلسلة سبعة تقارير واحدا لكل دولة تتم النظر في الانضمام الى الإتحاد الأوروبي ، مع الإشارة إلى المجالات التي أوصى فيها الاتحاد الأوروبي بإصلاحات أساسية. فحص كل تقرير السياسة التعليمية للبلد المعني، واحترامها لحقوق الطفل والمساواة الاجتماعية والاقتصادية إتاحة الخدمات العامة وفقًا لمقاييس وتقييمات حزمة توسيع الاتحاد الأوروبي. ونتيجة لذلك، ولدت التقارير تأملاً نقديًا حول كيفية تأثير إصلاحات الاتحاد الأوروبي المقترحة على التعليم.

و أخيرًا، شاركت بروكن تشالك في الاستعراض الدوري الشامل للأمم المتحدة السنوي، كما فعلنا منذ تأسيسنا في عام ٢٠٢٠. الاستعراض الدوري الشامل هو عملية فريدة من نوعها تنظر فيها الدول في سياسات وسجلات حقوق الإنسان للدول الأخرى في استعراض نظير إلى نظير و فتح مجال الحوار في الإصلاحات. لتسهيل هذا الحوار، تمت دعوة المنظمات الغير حكومية والمؤسسات الوطنية لحقوق الإنسان ومنظمات المجتمع المدني لتقديم بيانات وتقارير حول سياسات وسجلات حقوق الإنسان في الدولة المعنية. هذا العام، أكملت بروكن تشالك التقديمات إلى الاستعراض الدوري الشامل لـ ٣٠ دولة.

تُعد هذه التقديمات أمرًا حيويًا لتمرين الاستعراض الدوري الشامل لأن بعض التعليقات والتوصيات المحددة للتحسين يتم إرسالها مباشرةً إلى قاعة المناقشة. في هذه الجولة ، تم قبول العديد من توصيات بروكن تشالك من قبل الاستعراض الدوري الشامل ، مما يدل على أن بروكن تشالك يولد نقاشًا هادفًا داخل مجتمع حقوق الإنسان ويساهم بشكل ملموس في إصلاحات مادية مهمة داخل البلدان التي تحدث فيها انتهاكات حقوق الإنسان بشكل روتيني.

الآن، ضع في اعتبارك كيف تخطط بروكن تشالك لتوسيع عملها المستمر مع البحث والتقارير وزيادة الوعي. سنواصل تقاريرنا عن التحديات التعليمية، ونأمل أن نمتد إلى مناطق جديدة من العالم. من المقرر تقديم التقارير لـ ٣٥ دولة أخرى ، مع الأخذ في الاعتبار مرة أخرى التحديات التي تواجهها الدولة والبيروقراطية التعليمية والمدارس والطلاب. سنشارك مرة أخرى في الاستعراض الدوري الشامل لعام ٢٠٢٣، مع خطط لتقديم تقارير لـ ٣٩ دولة أخرى. علاوة على ذلك ، خططنا أيضًا لمبادرات جديدة لمواصلة التعليم كحق من حقوق الإنسان في عام ٢٠٢٣. ونأمل أن نبدأ مشاريع جديدة ، بما في ذلك سلسلة تقارير جديدة ومشاريع استباقية مع شركاء محليين وعالميين على أرض الواقع.

في هذا اليوم العالمي للتعليم ، مع بداية العام الجديد، لا تزال بروكن تشالك تركز على أكثر القضايا خطورة التي تواجه المؤسسات التعليمية والطلاب اليوم. يجب أن يتعاون المجتمع المدني العالمي والمنظمات الغير حكومية بشكل جماعي لتغيير مستقبل التعليم للأفضل. نأمل في التحريض على الحوار حول تعزيز جودة التعليم المتاح للجميع على قدم المساواة، والتنقل في التحول الرقمي للموارد التعليمية، ودعم المعلمين، وضمان منصة آمنة ومستدامة لأصوات الطلاب. في هذا اليوم العالمي للتعليم، يرجى التفكير في كيفية المساهمة في هذه الأهداف كفرد وعضو في مجتمع حقوق الإنسان العالمي. التعليم حق من حقوق الإنسان ومفتاح للتنمية المستدامة والوئام السياسي والتماسك الاجتماعي.

يوم تعليم دولي سعيد!

بروكن تشالك

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Press Release: International Day of Education 2023

24th January 2023

 This January 24th, Broken Chalk invites you to join us in celebrating International Day of Education.

On this day, we recognize this year’s achievements in education policy while simultaneously considering the ongoing challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, a global rise in armed conflict, increased limitations on freedom of expression, and global economic downturn, which has contributed to limited educational funding, falling education standards, and lower enrollment rates. More than anything, we at Broken Chalk hope to lead the global NGO community to redouble our collective commitment to education.

Let’s first focus on how Broken Chalk has positively contributed to realizing education as a human right in 2022. This year, Broken Chalk conducted significant research into the educational challenges facing over 25 countries, including funding dimensions, enrollment, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic distribution, gender equality, accessibility for disabled students, graduate employment rates, and access to vocational training for young adults. These educational challenges reports, published on our website and social media platforms, raised awareness about certain countries’ most pressing academic problems or most positive educational initiatives.

In addition, Broken Chalk began a new report series summarizing and analyzing the European Union’s 2021 enlargement package for the Western Balkans and Turkey. Specifically, this series produced seven reports, one for each country being considered for accession, noting the areas in which the EU recommended fundamental reforms. Each report examined the subject country’s educational policy, respect for children’s rights, socioeconomic equality, and access to public services according to the EU enlargement package’s metrics and evaluations. As a result, the reports generated critical contemplation about how the EU’s proposed reforms would impact education.

Finally, Broken Chalk participated in the annual United Nations Universal Periodic Review, as we have since our establishment in 2020. The UPR is a unique process by which states consider other states’ human rights policies and records in a peer-to-peer review and reform dialogue. To facilitate this dialogue, NGOs, National Human Rights Institutions, and civil society organizations are invited to submit statements and reports about the subject country’s human rights policies and records. This year, Broken Chalk completed submissions to the UPR for 30 countries. These submissions are vital to the UPR exercise because certain selected comments and recommendations for improvement are sent directly to the discussion floor. This round, many of Broken Chalk’s recommendations have been accepted by the UPR, signifying that Broken Chalk is generating meaningful discussion within the human rights community and tangibly contributing to significant material reforms within countries where human rights violations routinely occur.

Now, consider how Broken Chalk plans to expand its ongoing work with research, reports, and awareness-raising. We will continue our educational challenges reports, hopefully extending to new areas of the world. Scheduled are the reports for 35 more countries, again considering the challenges that the state, its educational bureaucracy, schools, and students face. We will again participate in the 2023 UPR, with plans to submit reports for another 39 countries. Beyond this, we have also planned new initiatives to further education as a human right in 2023. We hope to begin new projects, including new report series and proactive projects with local and global partners on the ground.

On this International Education Day, with the new year still fresh, Broken Chalk remains focused on the most severe issues facing educational institutions and students today. Collectively, global civil society and NGOs must cooperate to transform the future of education. We hope to instigate dialogue about strengthening the quality of education available equally to all, navigating the digital transformation of educational resources, supporting teachers, and guaranteeing a safe and sustainable platform for student voices. This International Education Day, please consider how you can contribute to these goals as an individual and a member of a global human rights community. Education is both a human right and a key to sustainable development, political harmony, and social cohesion. Happy International Day of Education!

 

Signed by

Broken Chalk

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Turkish Interior Minister Soylu announced: 704 detention orders in 59 cities against Gülen followers

Turkish police detained 543 of 704 arrest warrants as part of an investigation into the financial activities of followers of the Gülen movement, according to the ministry of internal affairs, citing the country’s interior minister. The operation is carried out simultaneous across 59 cities. (1)

Interior Minister stated that the operation, which started in the morning after 8 months of meticulous work, was carried out to decipher the current structure of the Gulen Movement, the supply of new personnel and financial resources. According to Interior Minister Soylu, the operation was carried out by the Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime Department (KOM), the Counterterrorism Bureau (TEM) and the Cybercrime Department in coordination with the Security General Directorate’s intelligence unit and the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK). (1)

Interior Minister Soylu made a statement on the operation together with Turgut Aslan, the Chief Advisor to the President. Soylu said, “This money transfer, which took place over 8 months, both via cargo, ATM and people who do not know each other, is entire of foreign origin. Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) really has a great contribution here, the successful follow-up of each of the security units separately. This systematic and regular money transfer has been determined as a result of an operational and operational understanding. There is a system that is transferred to the members of this organization by the managers of the organization abroad, between 3 and 6 thousand liras (160 to 320 euros), in order to keep the organization in Turkey alive and to maintain the financial structure of the organization. Among the methods are cardless transactions, hiding in cargo and physical meetings.(2)

The suspects are accused of distributing or receiving financial aid sent by Gülen followers abroad to the families of those imprisoned or suspended from public office for affiliation with the Gülen movement.

After the coup attempt, the Turkish government declared a state of emergency and carried out a major purge of state institutions under the pretext of fighting the coup. More than 130,000 public officials, including 4,156 judges and prosecutors, as well as 29,444 members of the armed forces,   were summarily dismissed from their jobs for alleged membership of or affiliation with “terrorist organizations”, with the emergency decree laws that are not subject to neither judicial nor parliamentary control. .

Victims of Turkey’s post-coup oppression say that they and their families face serious financial and psychological problems because of what the government and its supporters call hate speech, which prevents them from living a normal life, finding a job and supporting their families.

 

Human Rights activist and Deputy HDP Omer Faruk Gergeelioglu shows his reaction against the operation with the following words

“We are experiencing fires in our hearts for the young people who committed suicide, they are trying to break the hands reaching out to those who can commit suicide!!!

We call it a “crime against humanity”, they are killing the last crumbs of their humanity with their hands!!!”

1. https://www.icisleri.gov.tr/feto-operasyonunda-543-supheli-gozaltina-alindi

2. https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/ankarada-feto-operasyonu-bakan-soylu-704-gozalti-karari-alindi-543-kisi-yakalandi-42155305

Basın Bildirisi: 5 EKİM DÜNYA ÖĞRETMENLER GÜNÜ 2022

2022 Dünya Öğretmenler Günü teması

“Eğitimin dönüşümü öğretmenlerle başlar.”

Dünya 5 Ekim’i Dünya Öğretmenler Günü olarak kutluyor.

Eğitimciler, Covid-19 pandemisinin zirvesinde görüldüğü gibi, geleceğin önemli eğitim dönüştürücüleridir. Öğretmenler ve eğitim personeli, krize ve eğitim kesintilerine yanıt vermede önemli bir rol oynadı. Değişen ve ortaya çıkan taleplerle yüzleşmek için rollerini yeniden icat ettiler. Birçoğu, özellikle çevrimiçi ve uzaktan eğitimle ilgili olanlar olmak üzere, öğretme ve öğrenme süreçlerini yeniden düzenlemek ve uyarlamak zorunda kaldı. Öğrencilerin ve ailelerinin maddi güvenliğini sağlamaya yönelik etkinliklere katılarak öğrencilere sosyo-duygusal ve psikolojik destek sağladılar.

Günümüz dünyasında öğretmenler birçok zorlukla karşı karşıya, ama hangileri?

  • Dünyada yeterli nitelikli öğretmen yok

2015 yılında, dünya ilk ve ortaokul kayıtlarına ve Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma Hedeflerine ulaşmak için yaklaşık 69 milyon ilk ve orta öğretmene ihtiyaç duymuştur (UNESCO-UIS, 2016).

  • Birçok öğretmen, kariyerleri boyunca kaliteli eğitime ve sürekli mesleki gelişime erişememektedir.

Küresel olarak, ilk ve orta dereceli öğretmenlerin %83’ü gerekli minimum niteliklere sahipti, ancak düşük gelirli ülkelerde sadece %70 ve %64’ü bunu yapabildi. (UIS-Teacher Task Force, 2021).

  • Birçok öğretmenin çalışma koşulları yetersiz, bu da öğretmenlik mesleğinin çekiciliğini azaltmaktadır.

Çoğu öğretmen sendikası, ücretin çok düşük olduğu, çalışma koşullarının kötüleştiği ve eğitim ve öğretimi destekleyecek altyapının hükümet yatırımları için bir öncelik olmadığı şeklinde endişelerini bildiriyor. (Uluslararası Eğitim, 2021).

Dünyanın her yerinde öğretmenlerin karşılaştığı tehlikelere çözüm olmak adına ışık tutmak istiyoruz. Yukarıda bahsedilen konular UNESCO’nun basın bülteninden alınmıştır, ancak bunlar yaşanan zorlukların sadece küçük bir kısmıdır. Dünyadaki baskı, çatışma ve zulüm nedeniyle öğretmenler öldürüldü, hapsedildi, sürgüne gönderildi ve hayatlarını kaybetti. Saldırılar, okul bombalamalarından toplu katliamlara kadar uzanıyor.  Silahlı gruplar tarafından yapılan;  tecavüz ve cinsel şiddet, keyfi tutuklamalar ve zorla askere alma, eğitimcilerin maruz kaldığı zorlukların sadece bazılarıdır. Eğitime yönelik saldırılar, öğrencilere ve öğretmenlere zarar vermekle birlikte, hem kısa hem de uzun vadede toplumları da etkilemektedir.

Birkaçından bahsetmek gerekirse,

  • Kuzeydoğu Nijerya’da dokuz yılda 611 öğretmen öldürüldü ve 910 okul yıkıldı. Son beş yılda eğitim saldırılarında 22.000’den fazla öğrenci ve öğretmen zarar gördü veya öldürüldü.
  • 2009’dan bu yana, Amerika’daki okullar en az 177’si silahlı saldırıya uğradı. Saldırganlar 110 öğrenci ve öğretmeni öldürdü ve 246 kişi yaraladı.
  • 2015 ve 2019 yılları arasında, 93 ülke eğitime yönelik en az bir saldırı yaşadı. Bu rakam 2013-2017’nin önceki raporlama dönemine göre 19 ülke daha fazla.
  • Yemen ve Demokratik Kongo Cumhuriyetlerindeki okullara 1.500 den fazla saldırı oldu. Afganistan, Filistin ve Suriye de ise 500 den fazla saldırı oldu.
  • Türkiye’de öğretmenler işkenceye maruz kalmakta, hapse atılmakta ve hayatlarını kaybetmektedir. Türkiye’de mevcut hükümetin hukuksuz ve adaletsiz uygulamaları, toplumun baskısı, öğretmen diplomalarının, çalışma izinlerinin ve pasaportlarının iptali nedeniyle yüz binlerce insan canını tehlikeye atarak ülkelerini yasa dışı yollardan terk etmek zorunda kalmıştır. Türk Hükümeti yurtdışında yaşayan eğitimcileri hedef almakta ve Dışişleri Bakanı, Türk Milli İstihbarat Teşkilatı tarafından 19 ülkeden 100’den fazla öğretmen/eğitimcinin kaçırılmasıyla övünmektedir. Türk Hükümeti Afganistan, Azerbaycan, Arnavutluk, Bulgaristan, Gabon, Endonezya, Kazakistan, Kosova, Malezya, Myanmar, Tayland, Pakistan, Kırgızistan ve Katar’dan öğretmenleri zorla kaçırmıştır.

Broken Chalk olarak öğretmenlerin bu önemli günde öğrencilerinin yanında olması gerektiğine inanıyoruz. Öğretmenler kendilerini işine adamış ve nerede yaşarlarsa yaşasınlar topluma ve insanlığa katkı sağlayarak insanları eğitmeye devam etmektedirler. Ne yazık ki, bazıları yanlış hükümet uygulamaları, silahlı gruplar ve toplu katliamlar nedeniyle artık aramızda değil. Ulusal ve uluslararası yargı yoluyla öğretmen haklarını savunuyor ve eğitimcilerin karşılaştığı insan hakları ihlalleriyle mücadelede hükümetlerin, paydaşların, sivil toplum kuruluşlarının ve insan hakları savunucularının dikkatlerini çekmeye çalışıyoruz.

Dünyadaki tüm öğretmenlerin Dünya Öğretmenler Günü’nü kutlarız!

Broken Chalk, kamuoyuna saygıyla duyurur.

Broken Chalk

İnsanın kendini keşfetme yolculuğuna

ışık tutan öğretmenlerimize minnettarız.

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Press Release: OCTOBER 5 WORLD TEACHERS’ DAY 2022

 5th October 2022

 

The theme for World Teachers’ Day 2022

“The transformation of education begins with teachers.”

The world celebrates October 5th as World Teachers’ Day.

Educators are crucial future developers and education transformers, as seen at the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Teachers and education staff played an essential role in responding to the crisis and educational disruptions. They reinvented their roles to face changing and emerging demands. Many had to reorganize and adapt their teaching and learning processes, especially those related to online and distance education. They provided socio-emotional and psychological support to students by participating in activities to ensure the financial security of students and their families.

In today’s world, teachers face many challenges, but which ones?

  • The world lacks enough qualified teachers.

In 2015, almost 69 million primary and secondary teachers were needed to achieve universal primary and secondary enrolment and the Sustainable Development Goals (UNESCO-UIS, 2016).

  • Many teachers do not have access to quality training and continuous professional development throughout their careers.

Globally, 83% of primary and secondary teachers held the minimum required qualifications, yet in low-income countries, only 70% and 64% did so (UIS-Teacher Task Force, 2021).

  • The working conditions of many teachers are inadequate and undermine the attractiveness of the profession.

Most teacher unions report concerns that pay is too low, working conditions are deteriorating, and infrastructure to support teaching and learning is not a priority for government investment. (Education International, 2021).

We want to shed light on the dangers faced by teachers throughout the world. The aforementioned issues are taken from the UNESCO’s press release but correspond to only some of the challenges taking place. Teachers have been killed, imprisoned, exiled, and lost their lives due to oppression, conflict, and persecution in the world. The attacks range from school bombings to mass shootings. Rape and sexual violence, arbitrary arrests, and forced recruitment also occurred, instigated by armed groups. Attacks on education harm the students and teachers, but they also affect the communities both on a short and long-term  basis.

To mention a few,

  • 611 teachers were killed and 910 schools were destroyed in nine years in Northeast Nigeria.[1] Over 22,000 students and teachers have been harmed or killed in education attacks in the last five years.[2]
  • Since 2009, at least 177 of America’s schools have experienced a shooting.[3] Attackers killed 110 students and teachers, and 246 were injured.[4]
  • Between 2015 and 2019, 93 countries experienced at least one attack on education, 19 more countries than in the previous reporting period of 2013-2017.[5]
  • Yemen and the Democratic Republic of Congo have been particularly badly hit, with 1,500 attacks on schools in each country, and Afghanistan, Palestine, and Syria all saw 500.[6]
  • In Turkey, teachers have been exposed to torture, put in prison, exiled, and lost their lives. Due to unlawful and injustice practices of the current government in Turkey, the oppression of society, cancellation of teachers’ diplomas, work permits, and passports, hundreds of thousands of people have had to leave their country illegally, risking their lives. The Turkish Government is targeting educators living abroad and the Foreign Minister has been boastful about the abduction of more than 100 teachres/educator from 19 countries by the Turkish National Intelligence Agency. The Turkish Government has been abducting teachers from Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Albania, Bulgaria, Gabon, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan and Qatar.

As Broken Chalk, we believe that teachers should work alongside their students on this important day. Teachers have dedicated themselves to their work and continue to educate people, contributing to society and humanity wherever they live. Unfortunately, some of them are no longer with us as a result of poor government practices, armed groups, and mass shootings. We advocate the rights of teachers through the national and international judiciary and wish to draw the attention of governments, stakeholders, non-governmental organizations, and human rights defenders in the fight against the human rights violations educators face.

We wish all the teachers in the world a happy World Teachers’ Day!

Broken Chalk announces it to the public with due respect.

Signed by

Broken Chalk

 We are grateful to our teachers who shed light on people’s journey of self-discovery.

[1] https://allafrica.com/stories/202009090067.html

[2] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/22000-students-teachers-harmed-killed-attacks-education-last/

[3] https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/3dbf6b680fc84036a3503159a96d50f2

[4] https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2019/07/us/ten-years-of-school-shootings-trnd/

[5] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/22000-students-teachers-harmed-killed-attacks-education-last/

[6] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/22000-students-teachers-harmed-killed-attacks-education-last/