Kommercialiseret uddannelse – en farlig tendens

What happens to education when school companies, operating with the same business model as Starbucks, open schools in the worlds’ poorest countries? From the Philippines to Uganda – commercial schools with a cost-saving standardized approach to education are mushrooming, but what is the impact on children?

The UN 2030 agenda aims to give all children and youth access to quality education. To achieve this, we need solutions that include, rather than exclude. This is why Oxfam IBIS wants to have an open discussion on the risks and dangers of commercializing education, and invites you to a discussion on this question with experts from around the world.

You will:

Learn about the risks of commercial education, and get to know specific examples from country level

Meet people who work with education, and who are passionate about SDG4 and universal access to quality education

Discuss Denmark’s role in financing education globally

Programme:

16:30 Setting the stage: What is commercialization of education? Ms. Kira Boe, Senior Education Advisor at Oxfam IBIS and Mr. Zakaria Sulemana, Inequality Programs and Campaigns Manager at Oxfam in Ghana (to be confirmed)

17:00 How public money funds private actors in education Ms. Katie Malouf Bous, Senior Policy Advisor (to be confirmed) – Public Services at Oxfam International and Ms. Zeeshan Siddique, Coordinator Gender Justice Project, Oxfam in Pakistan

17:20 The impact of commercialization – comments on teachers’ rights and gender equality, Ms. Dorte Lange, Vice-chair- The Danish Union of Teachers and Ms. Lisa Kindewarter, Technical Advisor and Gender Specialist at Oxfam in Liberia

17:40 Discussion

Closing words by mr. Kristian Weise, Secretary General of Oxfam IBIS

The event will be in English.

Please sign in before 28. of april, 2019