International Education Day 2024

In 2024, the International Day of Education was marked on Wednesday 24 January under the theme ‘Education for Lasting Peace’

IPNEd produced a briefing for members of parliament which provided background on the 2024 theme, along with suggestions for how MPs could use the day to advocate for the vital importance of education.

The briefing focuses on the critical task of protecting and growing financing for education, improving foundational skills, ensuring every child receives a healthy meal at school, and ensuring that children in emergencies and protracted crises are learning.

Find out how IPNEd member parliamentarians marked International Education Day in our summary.

 

Take action in parliament to protect education financing, improve foundational learning, ensure a healthy meal at school for every child, and ensure that all children in emergencies are learning

Questions

Submit a parliamentary question on education:

  • Ask what your government’s policy is on protecting and growing education financing.

  • Ask your government to restore ODA to 0.7% of GNI and increase education’s share of the ODA budget to 15%.

  • Ask what your government has done to ensure children are learning the basics.

  • Ask your government the steps it is taking to ensure that every child at school has access to healthy food.

  • Ask your government to join the School Meals Coalition and if they have, request that they make commitments to the coalition and ensure that they adhere to them.

  • Ask what your government’s plans are for overseas development assistance, including the proportion of aid they will be allocating to education and whether they will be supporting the world’s two global funds for education, the Global Partnership for Education and Education Cannot Wait.

Debates

Ask for a debate in your parliament on the state of education in the context of COVID-19 and the importance of protecting education financing, foundational learning, school meals and education in emergencies.

Motions

Table a motion in your parliament setting out your concerns and urging your government to act.

Statements

To call attention to the challenges which education faces both in your own country and internationally, on the you could work with other like-minded colleagues to issue a joint public statement. This can engage media interest and also bring issues to a wider audience both locally and internationally.

For more information on what you can do to protect education financing, please contact the IPNEd Secretariat at info@ipned.org.