UNICEF and its partners are working to overcome barriers preventing access to education through Back to School campaigns, school fee abolition, child-friendly schools, and early childhood education.
UNICEF and its UN Delivering as One Programme partners and others work with the federal and provincial governments to overcome barriers preventing access to education, including 'Back to School' campaigns, school fee abolition, child-friendly schools, and early childhood education.
Removing barriers to school enrollment is the focus of the School Fee Abolition Initiative launched in 2005 by UNICEF and the World Bank.
School fee abolition For other child labourers who are still out of school, there is hope in the School Fee Abolition Initiative, launched as part of the global movement to remove cost barriers that can make it difficult for parents to send their children to school.
These include the School Fee Abolition Initiative, distribution of the Essential Learning Package, provision of multiple essential services through schools and the establishment of educational standards.
For example, the School Fee Abolition Initiative, launched by UNICEF and the World Bank in 2005, supports governments in implementing school fee abolition policies.
This includes the School Fee Abolition Initiative (SFAI) launched by UNICEF and the World Bank in 2005 to support countries in implementing school fee abolition policies.
Supporting poor households "School fee abolition policies support poor households in coping with education costs and in keeping their children in school, and they are key in safeguarding the gains made on universal primary education.
Making school fee abolition work in West and Central Africa Cotonou, Benin, 29 June 2009 - Four years after the launching of the School Fee Abolition Initiative (SFAI), four countries of West and Central Africa assess the situation, and share their experiences.
Lessons learned: African countries share experiences with abolition of school fees [with video] Press release: School Fees for Africa - Coming to Grips with an Elusive Promise School Fee Abolition Initiative workshop agenda, Nairobi, 5-7 April 2006 [PDF] Kenya: Regional disparities threaten progress towards education for all.
"The abolition of school fees is an important stepping-stone to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of universal primary education for all children," said UNICEF Senior Education Advisor Dina Craissati – one of the many advocates who believe school-fee abolition can help developing countries reach the MDG target of universal access to primary education by 2015.
