Education

Key ally sector to

Child Protection Abir Abi Khalil, Child Protection specialist

What is childprotection ?

What is a Child Protection System?

“A set of laws, policies, regulations and services, capacities, monitoring, and oversight needed across all sectors – especially social welfare, education, health, security, and justice – to prevent and respond to protection related risks.”

What are the core functions of Child Protection?

• Prevention• Family support and early

intervention• Detection and reporting• Gatekeeping (decision making)• Continuum of Care• Psychosocial support• Rehabilitation and reintegration

Early Identification

Case review

Prevention

Assessement& registration

Referal &Service

identification

Provision of services

Closure &reintegration

Family

Child

KEY RESULTS FOR

CHILD PROTECTION

IN EDUCATION

Learning Opportunities in Safe and Protective environment for girls and boys –

Key Results

R1. Preventive and Monitoring mechanisms from abuse and violence in schools and learning spaces are in place;

R2. Capacity of teachers, education staff, school/health counsellors is enhanced for early identification, detection & referral to appropriate services of girls and boys at risk or/and victims of violence or any forms of harms inside and outside schools;

R3. Capacity of schools/learning spaces to address the impact of the emergency/crisis on children wellbeing is enhanced through implementation of school-based psychosocial support program to children and caregivers;

R4. Children, Education personnel and parents are sensitized and trained on child protection matters & concerns, on children needs, rights and wellbeing focusing on prevention of risky behaviors and early drop –out, prevention from the Mine/UXO risks, combatting violence in schools and any forms of discrimination, promoting positive discipline, enhance children/youth participation in community services; universal access…

Good quality education contributes to safety and wellbeing of children

UNICEFSUPPORT TO

MEHE 2016 -

• Technical assistance to reinforce the role of schools/learning environement in the prevention and response to violence and CP & GBV risks: listening and counselling support in schools, reporting mechanisms, case management procedures & tools and referral pathways in line with national system, harmonized CP/GBV trainings, teachers capacities on positive discipline, parenting skills, child protection policy in schools/code of conduct covering child safeguarding, …

• Supporting the coordination for case management and follow up at inter-ministerial level and within MEHE structure at national, governorate, district and schools levels: inter-ministerial coordination for CP case management, multidisciplinary case study committee, NSL led by Ministry of Labor…

• Support the development of appropriate skills in teachers, school counsellors and other key education personnel to ensure psychosocial support is provided to children benefitting from education programs: