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By erica , 20 February 2017

Kenyan court upholds the closure of Bridge International Academies schools over failure to respect standards

Nairobi, Kenya, 17 February 2017

Barely a month after the High Court of Kampala, Uganda, allowed the Ugandan Government to close all schools run by Bridge International Academies (BIA) in the country, the High Court of Kenya in Busia County yesterday announced, in a similar case, that the Busia County Education Board could proceed in closing ten Bridge schools operating in Busia county, for failing to meet education standards.

By erica , 14 February 2017

Increasing legal literacy on the right to basic education in South Africa

On the 15 February 2017, a partnership of civil society organisations that have been involved in rights-based struggles for access to a quality basic education will launch a Basic Education Rights Handbook.

By erica , 8 February 2017

SDG 4 and the child’s right to education

By viv , 30 January 2017

School fees law passed in Haiti

By erica , 21 December 2016

Lost years: Secondary education for children in emergencies

Amin, 18, became a refugee when his family fled Syria for Lebanon five years ago. He has not set foot in school since. With his father unable to get legal status or work, responsibility for supporting the family of seven fell to Amin.

By viv , 12 December 2016

United Nations expert warns Brazil proposed constitutional changes will breach human rights

By erica , 2 December 2016

In response to civil society’s mobilisation, 57 heads of States make a landmark commitment against the commercialisation of education

By viv , 28 November 2016

57 Heads of State agree Declaration calling for the regulation of private actors in education

By erica , 27 November 2016

Eight reasons why the Safe Schools Declaration matters

‘I felt that humanity has ended. I mean, a place of learning, to be hit in this way, without warning… where is humanity? ...It is supposed to be illegal in any war to strike such places…’

A teacher’s account of airstrikes on al Shaymeh School, Hodeidah, Yemen (25 and 27 August 2015) in ‘Schools Under Attack in Yemen’ Amnesty International Report (11 December 2015).

By erica , 10 November 2016

Uganda judgment on the closure of Bridge International Academies must signal a move towards fulfilling the right to education in Uganda and other countries