National Education Week , Uganda

National Education Week (NEW)

The National Education Week (NEW) is intended to promote education in Uganda and also as a measure to emphasize the importance of education to our communities and lives.

National Education Week (NEW) will spotlight the importance of providing every child in Uganda with a quality public education from kindergarten through college, and the need for everyone to do his or her part in making education great.  Our annual theme, Quality Education: A Basic Right and Our Responsibility, reflects the Association's calling upon Ugandans to provide students with quality education so that they can grow, prosper, and achieve in the 21st century.

The 1^st annual National Education Week will take place this year.  Each day during the week will spotlight a different aspect of school life:

• Monday,

Open House Day
From national commemorations to local community events, millions of Ugandans celebrate education.

• Tuesday,

Parents Day
Schools invite parents into the classroom for a hands-on experience of what the day is like for their child.

• Wednesday,

Education Support Professionals Day
Individuals who provide invaluable services to schools are recognized for their outstanding work.

• Thursday,

Educator for a Day
Community leaders are invited to serve as educators to get a glimpse at a day in the life of a school employee.

• Friday,

Substitute Educators Day
This day honors the educators who are called upon to replace regularly employed teachers.

National Education Week Toolkit

·  Activity Ideas

· Background Information / Fact Sheets

· Media Tips

· Promotional Material

National Education Week— 2012—presents all Ugandans with a wonderful opportunity to celebrate education and honor individuals who are making a difference in ensuring that every child receives a quality education. The weeklong celebration features a special observance each day of the week. They include:

· Monday: Open House day

· Tuesday: Parents Day

· Wednesday: Education Support Professionals Day

· Thursday: Education for a Day

· Friday: Substitute Educators day

To help you plan these celebration days, we have developed this toolkit with background information, activity ideas, and tips for working with the media, as well as resources, templates, and promotional materials.

We hope you will join in our National Education Week efforts by using this toolkit to create unforgettable events and activities that will highlight the importance of bringing together everyone in the community - educators, parents, students, and public figures - in an effort to build great education. Together, we can make a difference.

Activity Ideas

Toolkit 1: Activity Ideas

Get a head start on planning your National Education Week by going through these ideas to create a special celebration that honors the individuals who are making education great for every child. Toolkit's promotional materials will be developed for the National Education Week posters, fact sheets, newsletter articles, press release and media alert templates, proclamations, and lots more. These materials will help you spread the word about your event.

Toolkit 2: Fact Sheets

These fact sheets will provide audiences with background information about National Education Week and its individual days.

• National Education Week Fact Sheet
• Invite Parents to School Day Fact Sheet 
• Education Support Professionals Day Fact Sheet
• Education for a Day Fact Sheet
• Substitute Educators Day Fact Sheet

Toolkit 3: Media Tips

·  A good relationship with the community's media is critical to the success of this National Education Week project. Building relationships means contacting producers, editors, and reporters at national television shows, radio talk shows, newspapers, and magazines.

· Persistent media relations efforts will generate local and national print and broadcast publicity. You can successfully deliver your local National Education Week message by crafting an effective strategy. Sometimes that means "out-of-the-box" thinking—perhaps something with an unconventional news hook.

· Tailor these ideas to best fit your National Education Week promotion needs.

Toolkit 4: Promotional Materials

· Guidelines on designs and sizes of promotional materials will be provided on how you can effectively promote the National Education Week (NEW) events and activities.