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encouraging students to adopt sustainable lifestyles, including through education on human
rights, sustainable development, peace and security.
18.
Development of human rights teaching and learning materials continued to take
place in various States. In Indonesia, from 2016 to 2019, 363 textbooks, which included
human rights topics, were developed for students of all school levels (years 1 to 12). In
2016, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia, in an agreement with the Ministry of
Education, Science and Sport, published a worksheet on the rights of refugee children for
primary school students, in order to foster understanding, acceptance and inclusion. In
Cyprus, since 2017, the Commissioner for Children’s Rights has developed child-friendly
posters in five languages (Arabic, English, French, Russian and Turkish) on the Convention
on the Rights of the Child and distributed them to all primary schools.
19.
Several responding States reported efforts to facilitate networking, information
exchange and discussion among human rights educators. In Switzerland, the Réseau
d’écoles21 was established to promote the implementation of education for sustainable
development, including citizenship and human rights, across cantons. More than 1,800
schools are members of the network, through which they share examples of good practices,
pedagogical resources, lesson plans and other materials. In Colombia, the Ministry of
National Education, in collaboration with multiple stakeholders, launched Paz a Tu Idea, an
online community of practice which contains materials, reference materials and tools on
education for peace and human rights from the country’s education community and other
partners. The National Agency of Education of Finland coordinated the Associated Schools
Network of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, including
over 60 schools, to share good practices, resources, methods and tools to promote the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development. In Italy, to promote in-depth study and research on
citizenship education, Parliament, the Ministry of Education, University and Research and
regional school offices launched the online platform Cittadinanza e Costituzione
[citizenship and constitution] where resources and materials, as well as guidance on
innovative education paths, can be found. In 2015, to strengthen knowledge and awareness
of child rights, the Ombudsman for Children in Sweden launched a website called Mina
Rättigheter [my rights], which is targeted at children, students and teachers and provides
resources and lesson plans for teachers; practical tools on how children and students can
practise human rights will be added to the website in 2020. In Cyprus, the Cyprus
Pedagogical Institute developed tools and resources on citizenship and human rights
education, such as lesson plans, websites, videos and papers, for use by teachers and other
education personnel. In partnership with the Zurich University of Teacher Education, the
National Center for Teacher Professional Development in Georgia developed the
multilingual website Living Democracy, which is aimed at promoting the teaching of
democracy, citizenship and human rights and provides teaching resources for teachers. In
Spain, the National Institute of Technology and Professional Development developed
several open educational resource projects to facilitate human rights teaching in the
classroom.
3.
Training of teachers and other education personnel
20.
Many States reported pre-service and in-service teacher training programmes on
human rights and/or human rights education methodologies. During the reporting period,
Colombia implemented a training programme for nearly 2,000 teachers, to provide them
with conceptual and methodological tools to conduct and incorporate citizenship and
human rights education into school processes, pedagogy and management. In Sweden,
since 2011, the National Agency for Education has conducted training for teachers at all
school levels on democratic values, human rights and non-discrimination, including on how
to prevent and stop bullying and harassment at school.
21.
Some States reported efforts to develop human rights materials for teacher training.
In the Niger, the Ministry of Primary Education, Literacy, Promotion of National
Languages and Civic Education and the Ministry of Justice have developed several
modules and guides; in 2016, they were further improved based on the feedback from a
testing phase conducted in Niamey. In Finland, the University of Helsinki coordinated, in
collaboration with the Ministry of Justice and the Human Rights Centre, a project for the
period 2018–2019 to develop, among other things, a web-based course for teachers in
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