Quality Education for All and the Regional Education Project for Latin America and the Caribbean (PRELAC)

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The Latin American and Caribbean region is probably one of the most inequitable in the planet. The gap between the richest and the poorest, far from narrowing, is increasingly becoming wider, as it continues to exert a negative influence on every aspect of life, including education.

The main objective of the six goals of the Education for All (EFA) movement, adopted by most countries in the world, is to provide all children, adolescents and adults, barring none, quality basic education that guarantees the necessary skills to participate actively in the various spheres of social life and exercise their rights as citizens.

For its part, the Regional Education Project for Latin America and the Caribbean (PRELAC), adopted by the ministers of education in Havana, Cuba (2002), intends to promote substantial changes in educational policies and practice, through the implementation of five focus areas deemed to have strategic importance in the region for achieving the EFA objectives. This project represents a technical and political forum that promotes dialogue, the collective construction of knowledge and exchange among educational system authorities, teachers, professional educators, and other concerned social stakeholders.

See also:

History of Education for All. More

Dakar goals. More (external link)

The Regional Education Project for Latin America and the Caribbean (PRELAC) 2002-2017). More

The Major Project of Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (1980-2000). More

Framework documents. More

News

15-07-2013

Children still battling to go to school

10-06-2013

Schooling for Millions of Children Jeopardised by Reduction in Aid

31-05-2013

UNESCO supports study that identifies Chilean best practices in education to replicate in other countries

07-05-2013

Los ingresos derivados de los recursos naturales podrían reducir en un 86% el número de niños sin escolarizar en 17 países en desarrollo

05-05-2013

“La comunidad educativa debe estar en armonía con la cultura de derechos humanos”: Camilla Croso

18-03-2013

Funding gap for education growing, according to new figures released by UNESCO

25-02-2013

Global Meeting of the Thematic Consultation on Education in the Post-2015 Development Agenda

13-02-2013

Nations of Latin America and the Caribbean outline the bases for education in the Post-2015 period

Documents

Study:
El derecho a la educación: una mirada legislativa comparada. Argentina, Uruguay, Finlandia y Chile

Activity review, 2010
Regional Bureau for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (OREALC/UNESCO Santiago)

Education, Youth and Development. UNESCO in Latin America and the Caribbean

Activity review, 2009
Regional Bureau for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (OREALC/UNESCO Santiago)

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Experiencias educativas de segunda oportunidad. Lecciones desde la práctica innovadora en América Latina

The State of Education in Latin America and the Caribbean: guaranteeing quality education for all. Regional Review and Assessment Report on progress toward EFA (2008, revised version)

Quality education for all: a human rights issue. Educational policies within the framework of the II Intergovernmental Meeting of the Regional Education Project for Latin America and the Caribbean (EFA/PRELAC). Background document.

Websites

EFA Global Monitoring Report

National Forum on Quality Education for All, Chile (in Spanish)

Updated:15-07-2013 15:46

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