Teacher Management in Fragile States - The NRC experience
1. — The NRC experience
Andrea Naletto
Education Adviser
Teacher Management
in Fragile Contexts
Rabat, Morocco – 18-19 December 2014
2. 51.2 mill.# of displaced people worldwide
½ of them are children & youth
3. Norway’s largest
humanitarian NGO
Assistance,
protection & durable
solutions to
displaced people
worldwide
25 conflict-affected
countries; 5,000
employees; about 5
mill. people assisted
Rights respected & people protected
About NRC
Rights
Respected
People
Protected
“
4. NRC Programmes
Rights respected & people protected
Gender Youth Protection Environment Urban
Shelter Legal Aid Food Sec. WASH Education
5. It’s not that children
need education even
in emergencies,
it’s that children need
education especially
in emergencies
Queen Rania
“
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Education in Emergencies
6. 100 +>> PROJECTS
280 k>> BENEFICIARIES
Current: Colombia, Mali, Burkina Faso, CAR, DRC,
South Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Yemen,
Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey,
Myanmar, Liberia
Past programs: Ecuador, Panama, Sierra Leone,
Angola, Burundi, Georgia, East Timor, Sri Lanka
Rights respected & people protected
NRC Education Programs
8. Teacher Management Challenges
Rights respected & people protected
Lack of qualified teachers
Low salaries & status
High movement & turnover
No incentives to
work in rural &
insecure areas Weak support &
TT follow up
Insufficient
TT programs
Lack of teaching &
learning material
Lack of psychosocial
support to teachers
Gender imbalance
Teachers are
targets of attacks
9. TT & PD Programmes
Rights respected & people protected
Colombia
Lebanon
Kenya/Somalia
East Timor
10. Compact Teacher Training (CTT)
Rights respected & people protected
Onsite
Professional
Development,
Coaching &
Mentoring
East Timor
12. Conclusions
Rights respected & people protected
In emergencies &
crisis teachers can
“save lives”
They suffer too in
emergencies and are
often targets
Competent, motivated,
well trained,
adequately rewarded
and well supported
teachers
51.2 million people were forcibly displaced at the end of 2013, the largest number since the end of World War II.
In emergencies and crisis situations, teachers play a critical role, in many ways they contribute to “saving lives” of children and youth by ensuring their protection and transferring to them life-saving messages to prevent exploitation, harm and exposure to hazards.
They need to be supported considering that they might have been also affected by the emergencies –
They need to be protected since they are also target of violence and aggression - as spelled out in the newly introduced Guidelines for Protecting Schools and Universities from Military Use during Armed Conflict
When teahers are not adequately trained, children are denied to their right to quality education
Competent, motivated, well trained, adequately rewarded and well supported teachers are critical to ensure the right to quality education for all, particularly of children living in conflict and emergencies.