Education Governance

This list of resources on Education Governance are part of the larger Learning for Peace project which produced dozens of briefs, reports, case studies, guides, and research products, and compiled many other relevant resources related to the link between education and peacebuilding.

Education can contribute to the transformation of relationships through education sector plans which recognize and aim to mitigate conflict risks. This section presents research conducted by the Universities of Amsterdam, Sussex and Ulster whether and how education systems in different fragile and post-conflict countries seek to build the potential of teachers, youth and gender-relations for equitable, representative, culturally-sensitive and reconciliation-relevant education platforms.

1 Abril 2016 Report United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

The Links between Equity, Governance, Education and Peacebuilding in Kenya

This study’s quantitative analysis draws on statistical datasets to examine the dimensions of inequality (in terms of educational access, resources and outcomes). The analysis highlights the importance of considering both income inequality within regions and relative deprivation among regions, since some of the most impoverished counties in Kenya are among the most equal counties.

1 Setembro 2014 Manual/Handbook/Guide United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Child-Friendly Schooling for Peacebuilding

The report reviews the fields of child-friendly education, and reviews the child-friendly schools approach through a peacebuilding lens, identifying elements in CFS theory and practice that are ‘peacebuilding resonant’ (already making a contribution to peacebuilding), ‘peacebuilding latent’, and ‘peacebuilding gaps’ in CFS thinking and provision that need to be filled.

1 Setembro 2015 Report
Research Consortium on Education and Peacebuilding

Literature Review: The Role of Teachers in Peacebuilding

In the context of debates around teachers’ role in educational outcomes, accountability and management, this literature review explores their potential to be active agents of peacebuilding. This review specifically aims to explore their role in promoting peace, reconciliation, social cohesion and violence mitigation.

1 Março 2016 Report United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

The Role of Teachers in Peacebuilding and Social Cohesion: A Synthesis Report

The purpose of this synthesis report is to explore the role of teachers in peacebuilding and social cohesion in four distinct conflict affected environments (Myanmar, Pakistan, South Africa and Uganda), and to compare, summarise and critically reflect on key issues, policies and governance aspects that relate to how teachers might contribute to peacebuilding and social cohesion processes.

1 Março 2016 Report
Research Consortium on Education and Peacebuilding

Synthesis Report: The Integration of Education and Peacebuilding

The purpose of this synthesis report is twofold. First, it examines how education is included in peacebuilding and development frameworks in four distinct conflict-affected environments (Myanmar, Pakistan, South Africa and Uganda). Second, it compares, summarises and critically reflects how education policies and governance contribute to the peacebuilding process

1 Janeiro 2015 Report
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Research Consortium on Education and Peacebuilding

Literature Review: Youth Agency, Peacebuilding and Education

This Literature Review on Youth Agency, Peacebuilding and Education is part of the work of the Research Consortium on Education and Peacebuilding, supported by the UNICEF Peacebuilding, Education and Advocacy Programme. It aims to provide insights into youth agency and the dynamics of conflict and peace in conflict‐affected contexts.

1 Fevereiro 2016 Report
Research Consortium on Education and Peacebuilding

Youth Agency and Peacebuilding: An Analysis of the Role of Formal and Non-Formal Education

This Synthesis Report aims to understand the ways in which the agency of youth – or their ‘space for manoeuvre’ – is impacted (or not) through a range of formal and non- formal education interventions, and how this enables or restricts young peoples ability to contribute to processes of peacebuilding and social cohesion, either in political, socio-cultural or economic ways

1 Julho 2015 Report
Research Consortium on Education and Peacebuilding

The Role of Education in Peacebulding Country Report: Uganda

In assessing the role of education in Uganda’s peacebuilding process, this study elaborates on three distinct yet interrelated research areas (RA). These are: the integration of education into the country’s peacebuilding process (RA 1); the role of teachers in peacebuilding (RA 2); and the role of formal and non-formal education programmes focusing on youth (RA 3).

1 Fevereiro 2016 Report
Research Consortium on Education and Peacebuilding

The Role of Education in Peacebuilding Country Report: Myanmar

This two-year partnership with UNICEF (mid 2014 - mid 2016) seeks to build knowledge on the relationship between education and peacebuilding in conflict-affected contexts. Our data collection and analysis has focused on two specific geographical regions: the wider Yangon area and Mon state.

15 Março 2017 Report
Research Consortium on Education and Peacebuilding

The Effect of the Ebola Crisis on the Education System in Liberia

This research looks at the effects of the Ebola crisis on peacebuilding efforts through education, asking questions about how it has interacted with the Liberian education system’s longer-term post-conflict recovery. In so doing it seeks to reflect on the relationship between different types of crisis and shocks, including conflict and disease outbreaks, and their various impacts on education.

1 Julho 2019 Manual/Handbook/Guide United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Local Governance and Sustaining Peace Guidance Note

This note provides guidance to UNICEF country offices on programming for peacebuilding through local governance in fragile and conflict-affected settings. Its main objective is to inform the design and implementation of UNICEF peacebuilding interventions and to contribute to the overall effectiveness of UNICEF programming in fragile and conflict-affected contexts