The Regional meeting of the Arab coalitions / Tunisia - 2019

Between 2-6 / 3/2019 the Arab Regional Coalitions concluded its regional meeting, organized by The Arab Campaign for Education for All in partnership with the National Association for the Right to Education in Hammamet, Tunisia, in the presence of Mr. Refat Al Sabah president of GCE, Mr. Imad Sabi on behalf of the Open Society Foundation, Ms. Katarina Popovic, The General Coordinator of the international Council of Adult Education, and facilitated by Dr. Alia Al-Assali.  

The representatives of the regional coalitions from Palestine, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia, Yemen, Egypt, Sudan, Iraq, Lebanon and Somalia participated in the meeting, which focused on the reality of educational coalitions in the Arab region and its role in tracking and evaluating educational policies,to promote and advance the education level to the citizens aspirations in a comprehensive educational renaissance, in a way that ensure the realization of the right to a good, fair and inclusive education for all based on the international references that provide the right to education for all.

Participants during the workshops stopped on the obstacles that still affect the quality and democratization of education in a way that guarantees equal opportunities for all, such as obstacles to overcrowding within schools, the poor efficiency of teachers and the required basic and continuous development, in addition to the nature of the educational curriculum that leaks to innovation, flexibility and convenience, as well as the deterioration of equipment and infrastructure of educational institutions.

The meeting also discussed the mechanisms used to encourage governments to continue implementing their commitments, especially the voluntary implementation of the right to education.

The workshop included workshops on strategic planning and Theory of change, as well as a workshop devoted to the methodology used in the preparation and drafting of voluntary national reports.

The meeting concluded by presenting a number of recommendations, the most important of which are:

1.      Ask governments to ensure the right to quality, equitable and inclusive education for life for all.

2.      Inviting the educational authorities to prepare an educational curriculum corresponding with today’s requirements, characterized by flexibility, renewal and assimilation of modernist enlightenment thought based on the realization of reason and respect for the values and principles of human rights as it is internationally recognized. It also develops the skills, knowledge and critical sense among learners, and prepare them well to practice the profession of teaching while providing the material and moral conditions to do their tasks in the best way.