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E-course : Diploma in Integrated Development (Dip. Int. Dev)
SECTION A : DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS.
Study value :
04 points out of 18.
Indicative
study time: 112 hours out of 504.
Study points
are awarded only after the consolidated exam for Section A : Development
Problems has been passed.
Second block : The problems to be solved.
Study points : 02 points out
of 18
Expected work required: 55
hours out of 504
The two study points will be finally
awarded on successful completion of the consolidated exam for Section A :
Development problems.
Section 1. Analysis of the Millennium Goals. [22
hours]
[18.00 Hours] Analysis of the
Millennium Goals.
[04.00 Hours] Preparation report Section 1 of Block
2.
[18.00 Hours] Analysis of the
services made available by integrated development projects.
[05.00 Hours]
Preparation report Section 2 of Block 2.
Second block : Exam. [ 4 hours each attempt]
Consolidated exam for Section A : Development problems (for
passage to Section B of the course : [ 6 hours each attempt].
Section
1. Analysis of the Millennium Goals. [22 hours]
[18.00 Hours]
Analysis of the Millennium Goals.
00. Summary of the Millennium
Goals.
01. Eradicate extreme poverty
and hunger.
02. Achieve universal primary
education.
03. Promote gender equality
and empower women.
06. Combat HIV/aids, malaria
and other diseases.
07. Target 09 : Ensure
environmental sustainability.
07. Targets 10 and 11 :
Water, sanitation and slums.
08. Develop a global
partnership for development.
[18.00 Hours]
Analysis of the Millennium Goals.
02. Achieve universal primary
education. (At least 2 hours.)
Refer to slide : Goal 2 : Assure
primary education to all.
The Millennium Project,
commissioned by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, has produced a
report called A practical plan to achieve
the Millennium Development Goals – 2002-2006. With effect from 1 January 2007 reporting on
the Millennium Development Goals was taken over
by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) which brings out
annual reports on progress made in achieving the Development Goals. The report
referred to here is the Millennium Development Goals
Report 2008. The most recent
report published is The Millennium Development
Goals Report 2010. Analysis of these documents is included in parts Goals 1-4 and Goals 5-8 in Section 8 of Block 5.
Incredibly there is no section
of the Plan of Implementation of the Millennium Goals covering
Millennium Goal 2 on a general basis. Some provision for it is made for
specific geographical areas. One example is title Chapter VII : Sustainable Development for Africa which
includes paragraph 62, which states:
« 62.
[skip]... Achieving
sustainable development includes actions at all levels to:
[skip]
“e)
Support the development of national programmes and strategies to promote
education within the context of nationally owned and led strategies for poverty
reduction and strengthen research institutions in education in order to
increase the capacity to fully support the achievement of internationally
agreed development goals related to education, including those contained in the
Millennium Declaration on Development ensuring that, by 2015, children
everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of
primary schooling and that girls and boys will have equal access to all levels
of education relevant to national needs;
f)
Enhance the industrial productivity, diversity and competitiveness of African
countries through a combination of financial and technological support for the
development of key infrastructure, access to technology, networking of research
centres, adding value to export products, skills development and enhancing
market access in support of sustainable development;”
1.
Opinion.
Paragraph e) seems to be dedicated to education. Describe on one page
whether you see any relationship between e) and f) in particular on the subject
of research institutions.
The
word «education » is mentioned less than 40 times in the
Implementation Plan. Of these, 20 are in Section X Paragraphs 81-136). You can
have some fun making a complete list of the paragraphs where the word
“education” appears.
The
most relevant paragraphs are par. 116, 120 and 123.
“116. Education is critical for promoting sustainable
development. It is therefore essential to mobilize necessary resources,
including financial resources at all levels, by bilateral and multilateral
donors, including the World Bank and the regional development banks, by civil
society and by foundations, to complement the efforts by national governments
to pursue the following goals and actions:
(a) Meet the Millennium development goal contained in
the Millennium Declaration of achieving universal primary education, ensuring
that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to
complete a full course of primary schooling;
(b) Provide all children, particularly those living in
rural areas and those living in poverty, especially girls, with the access and
opportunity to complete a full course of primary education.”
[skip]
“120. Eliminate gender disparity in primary and
secondary education by 2005, as provided in the Dakar Framework for Action on
Education for All, and at all levels of education no later than 2015, to meet
the development goals contained in the Millennium Declaration, with action to
ensure, inter alia, equal access to all levels and forms of education, training
and capacity-building by gender mainstreaming, and by creating a
gender-sensitive educational system.”
[skip]
“123. Provide all community members with a wide range
of formal and non-formal continuing educational opportunities, including
volunteer community service programmes, in order to end illiteracy and emphasize
the importance of lifelong learning and promote sustainable development.”
The document
is called “Plan of Implementation of the Millennium Goals” Paragraphs 116, 120
, and 123 fall under Section X Means of Implementation.
“More
than half the world’s children do not receive pre-primary education because pre-schools
cost too much for those who need them the most. According to the EFA Global
Monitoring Report 2012 -Youth and skills: Putting education to work -the drive
to get more children into school is losing momentum, and on current trends, the goal of universal primary
education by 2015 (MDG Goal 2 Target 2A and EFA Goal 2) will be missed. Although
enrollment rates for primary school have increased, the quality of education
has not improved (EFA goal 6) - of the 650 million children of primary school
age, 40 percent fail to obtain minimum learning skills or leave school before
reaching grade
2.
Opinion.
Make a one-page analysis of what
paragraphs 116,120, and 123 actually say on the way the Millennium goals on
education will be implemented.
Carefully
read pages 45-62 of the report Making the MDGs Work for All,
Corner L. , United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) ,
On
page 46, the author writes:
“However, primary education alone is insufficient to
empower women, particularly because in the poorest countries it is often of
poor quality, tends to reinforce rather than change gender stereotypes and is
not sufficient to lead to regular paid employment.”
Art 26 of the Universal declaration of human rights (1948) ( see Section 1 of
Block 1 11. Education for all of the course) states :
“1) Everyone has the right to education. Education
shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages….”
3.
Opinion.
Why, in your opinion, doesn’t the “Plan of Implementation of the Millennium Goals” provide for free primary
education ? What are the foreseeable consequences of this ? Write a
two-page analysis. On the first page
discuss the (possible) reasons for the omission of free primary education. On
the second page, describe the consequences where primary education is not
free..
On page 48 of the report Making the MDGs Work for All, a proverb from
4.
Opinion.
On two pages, discuss this proverb. On
the first page take the point of view of a traditional family in
As we
have already seen, Art 26 of the Universal declaration of human rights (1948) provides
that “1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at
least in the elementary and fundamental stages….”
Paragraph
123 of the Plan of Implementation of the Millennium Goals already cited above
states,
“123.
Provide all community members with a wide range of formal and non-formal
continuing educational opportunities, including volunteer community service
programmes, in order to end illiteracy ….”
5.
Opinion.
Why then, in your opinion, do the
Millennium Development Goals not provide for primary education for adults
previously deprived of the primary education to which they have the right ? Give your point of
view on a page with two columns. In the first column, you are the author of the
Plan and you give a list of justifications for the omission. In the second
column, you are a young woman and you make a list of the reasons why you need
to improve your level of education.
◄ Second block : Problems to be solved.
◄ Index : Diploma in Integrated
Development (Dip. Int. Dev)
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