INEE Good Practice Guide: Life Skills and Complementary Education Programs

Report
from Inter-Agency Network on Education in Emergencies
Published on 01 Feb 2007 View Original
Traditional formal and non-formal education programs rarely prepare communities to live in areas of crisis and post-crisis. It is therefore necessary to provide life-saving information on issues like landmines, health issues and peace/tolerance education for the whole community in both formal school settings and in non-formal community settings. Supplementary life skills education should be available for children who are not in school, their parents, the elderly, and marginalized groups. Given the importance of supplementary learning and life skills, every opportunity should be taken so that the community every enue for conveying information should be used. In some cases, communities request that programs developed for schools be adapted for adult and youth programs.