Education, we have a problem!
How much?
Here we are, finally. The start of this campaign is something we have worked towards for a couple months already and it has been hard, but also fun! Above all it has been a very worthwhile experience.
Our purpose and meaning of this campaign is to focus on social inclusion and bring different points of views to the discussion around the topic. In Europe, there are great differences between countries in which challenges they face and what solutions there are. Our aim is to inform OBESSU’s Member Organisations, politicians and other organisations, as well as to raise a discussion on the different subtopics of social inclusion.
Students around the globe somehow feel social exclusion, but it can sometimes be very difficult to find the root cause behind this or answers on how to solve it. Throughout the next few months, from October to end of February, the Taskforce will bring you updates on interesting statistics and possible solutions.
As some of you might know the members of this Taskforce are seven young people from all across Europe and have, just like you, different perspectives on what social inclusion is for us, in what way are countries tackling the problems and in which way we should tackle the problems.
The first month of the campaign will focus on costs in education. ‘How much?‘ is a question, asked almost daily, when eating at a restaurant or visiting the bakery for example. But did you ever ask the question to your Principal?
In fact, costs are an important part of going to school. There are not only entrance and tuition fees, but also books, lunches, school trips and other extra costs have to be paid for. We do not often think about it but these costs can indeed cause social exclusion of some students. This is something we want to avoid at all times.
We are not going tell you everything right now! Please follow the campaign and you will find out a lot more about this topic!
Written by Judith Caeyers and Sophie Isabelle Sistrup Worrall, members of the Taskforce on Social Inclusion
