DCSF/ DFID Global Learning Strategy for Schools - consultation

08 March 2010

The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) and the Department for International Development (DFID) have developed a new shared vision for global learning. We want all children and young people to be prepared for life in an interdependent world, to be empowered to engage with the global challenges they will face and to be encouraged to take action as global citizens.

The draft joint strategy contributes to the existing curriculum and links with the duty on schools to promote community cohesion and the national framework for sustainable schools.

A recent review of DCSF and DFID funded programmes concluded that important progress has been made in strengthening the teaching of global issues in schools. The report also highlighted that further progress can be made through a more aligned approach which could both strengthen individual programmes and provide greater overall impact for the resources invested.

The draft strategy outlines a number of deliverables: a new governance structure; a new programme of support for schools; a new global teaching website; a new approach to the International School Award; a new approach to evaluating impact; and a new communication strategy.

The consultation is under the title A JOINT DFID/DCSF GLOBAL LEARNING STRATEGY FOR SCHOOLS and is open from 8 March to 31 May 2010. Consultation responses can be completed online

External Link: www.dcsf.gov.uk/consultations