On February 25, 2021, at 4 p.m. (Rome time), during a webinar OIEC will express its commitment to the Global Compact on Education. Following that, each OIEC member is invited to do so as well. Subsequently, a registration of the webinar will be submitted to Pope Francis. To participate in the event please use the[…]
On February 16 at 5 p.m. (Paris time) OIEC is organizing a webinar “Learning about poverty and educational pluralism” to launch the World report on Catholic Education 2021. Speakers will be Quentin Wodon (OIEC), François Mabille (IFUC), Augusta Muthigani (KKCB, Kenya) and Halsey Rogers (World Bank ). To take part in the event please register[…]
On January 19, 2021, the webinar “Beyond Test Scores : Measuring the Contributions of Catholic Schools and Universities” will take place on zoom. For participation please subscribe at the website: https://www.globalcatholiceducation.org/events
OIEC launches the Planet OIEC project. You can watch the project presentation conference here: Video presentation project Planet OIEC Further information regarding the project can also be viewed here : Presentation English
Following the terrible explosion of August 4, 2020 in Beirut, which ended up destroying a country already ravaged by a terrible economic and political crisis, OIEC decided to organize a webinar with a fundraising campaign on September 21, 2020 to support its member in Lebanon, the General Secretariat of Catholic Schools. Among OIEC members was[…]
The OIEC is working with The Magazine, a publisher in Spain, on a project called Planet OIEC. Planet OIEC is a digital online resource platform for English language teachers and their students at a very low cost. Planet OIEC should allow the creation of bonds of fraternity between the students of Catholic schools in all[…]
On October 14 and 16, 2020, the Executive Council of OIEC met by videoconference. Most of the council members were present. On the agenda was inter alia the financial situation of the organisation and next year’s budget, the review of its statutes and the organisation of the next Congress. But Council members listened also to[…]
The OIEC and the GPEN (Global Pedagogical Network – https://www.gpenreformation.net/) have set up a think tank in which Catholics and Protestants discuss common issues regarding schools and Christian education. This think tank has met three times already. It has the intention to publish a common text which allows Catholic schools and Protestant schools to work[…]
OIEC is currently working on the Global Report on Catholic Education 2021 (GRCE), which is expected to be released in the coming months. In this regard, OIEC members have been asked to reply to a fast survey concerning COVID 19. The assembled information will help also to contribute in the best possible way to debates[…]
The OIEC has received a very important form of recognition, due to its acceptance as the fourth member of the GRACE network: Global Researchers Advancing Catholic Education https://researchonline.nd.edu.au/grace/ GRACE is an international research-based partnership between the Mary Immaculate College in Ireland, the Boston College in the United States, the University of Notre Dame in Australia[…]