REGS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

«The Right to Higher Education in the Global South: Horizons, Debates and Challenges»

Organised by the Right to education from the Global South (REGS) Knowledge network

Maputo, Mozambique | August 21-25, 2023

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The Knowledge Network for the Right to Education from a Global South (REGS), comprising  the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO), the Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS) and other collaborating institutions, invites Masters and Doctoral students, public policy makers and representatives of civil society organizations committed to the right to education from the Global South to apply to participate in the REGS International Graduate School «The Right to Higher Education in the Global South: Horizons, Debates and Challenges” to be held between 21 and 25 August 2023 in Maputo, Mozambique.

The official languages of the school are Spanish and Portuguese.

PRESENTATION

The right to education is an enabling human right that, driven by social movements and civil society, has expanded its scope and complexity throughout the different stages of people’s lives. Effective universal access to universities and institutions of higher education is on the agendas of progressive governments that see this expansion as a way to build dignity and justice. But access alone is not enough to guarantee the effective exercise of this right. It is also necessary to question the type of higher education accessed, examine the content and curricula  as well as the conditions within which it is provided.  Answers to these questions determine the access of historically marginalized groups to these educational spaces. It is in this context that the perspective of the Global South becomes a fundamental approach for critical reflection on the right to education, asking how higher education can be used as a tool for emancipation and dignified living.

The Knowledge Network on the Right to Education in the Global South (REGS) has worked in recent years on the systematization of quantitative and qualitative  data, with the aim of understanding the state of access to and completion of higher education in various countries and regions in  the Global South

Studies were prepared to demonstrate the tensions and difficulties faced by different  regions in relation to the right to education. Reports on various educational experiences were drafted that show the inequalities faced by different countries. Factors such as poverty, place of residence, gender inequalities, indigenous or religious identities, legal status vis-à-vis the State, disability, confinement – as has been demonstrated – play a significant role in entry and transit through the educational system. Ultimately the aim of REGS has been the nurturing of a network from the Global South that makes visible the marks that  capitalism leaves on educational trajectories.

REGS hopes to continue to put experiences in dialogue and promote the generation of exchanges on the right to education from the Global South.

THEMATIC AXIS

1. Production of knowledge on education systems in the Global South:

In this axis we seek to problematize the dominant perspective that focuses only on certain quantitative indicators. We also suggest the need for more complex approaches such as those proposed by the intersectionality approach, to highlight the existing diversity found in the three regions.

2.  Alternative experiences and projects:

We include in this axis the initiatives promoted by civil society organizations, popular movements, students, teachers and other forms of groupings that promote educational alternatives in order to analyze their scope both in their formulations and their implementation.

3.  Public policies and transformative and inclusive institutional actions:

In this axis we propose to reflect on institutional initiatives -from central or local governments, as well as universities and institutes- that develop proposals for social inclusion and promote the right to education for diverse populations through schemes that facilitate access and completion such as scholarships, quotas, restructuring of programs and processes, etc.

SCHOOL CHARACTERISTICS

The REGS International School is a face-to-face space for dialogue, exchange,  and regional solidarity among graduate students, representatives of civil society organizations and public policy makers. The school will address issues related to the right to education in the Global South. Students from multi-disciplinary and multi-professional backgrounds will be selected according to criteria of academic excellence and professional trajectory and affiliation to  social movements or organizations.

OBJECTIVES

• To reflect on the category of «Global South,» its potentialities, limitations and implications for the educational field from the perspective of the right to education.
• To provide a space for exchange, learning and dialogue on the state of the right to education in the Global South, with particular attention to higher education.
• To exchange knowledge among participants on the current situation of educational systems in the Global South, the inequalities that affect access to and completion of higher education and the existing efforts to overcome them.
• To analyze different alternative experiences in the Global South, historical and current, that aim to overcome and reverse existing educational inequalities.
• Contribute to the construction of networks of academics, social activists and public policy representatives interested in the democratization of higher education from the perspective of social justice and equity.

ORGANISING INSTITUTIONS

• Latin American Council of Social Siences (CLACSO)
• Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS)
• Polytechnic University of Mozambique

ACADEMIC COMMITTEE

• Cibele Rodrigues (member of Grupo de Trabajo CLACSO Políticas educativas y derecho a la educación), Brazil

• Javier Campos Martínez (member of Grupo de Trabajo CLACSO Políticas educativas y derecho a la educación), Chile

• Jose Cossa (Associate Professor in the College of Education at Pennsylvania State University), United States

• Mariana García Palacios (co coordinator of Grupo de Trabajo CLACSO Educación e interculturalidad), Argentina

• Moushira Elgezeri (Associate Director of the Arab Council for the Social Sciences ACSS), Lebanon

• Noelia Enriz (co coordinator of Grupo de Trabajo CLACSO Educación e interculturalidad), Argentina

• Pablo Vommaro (Research Director of Latin American Council of Social Siences CLACSO), Argentina
• Patricia Ames (researcher at the Center for Sociological, Economic, Political and Anthropological Research – CISEPA PUCP), Peru.
• Belchior Canivete (member of the Scientific-Pedagogical Direction, A Politécnica), Mozambique
• Carlito Companhia (Director of Research and Extension, FLCS, UEM), Mozambique
• Inocente Mutimucuio (Director of the Higher Institute of Management, Science and Technology – ISGCT, A Politécnica), Mozambique
• Francisco Noa (Asessor, A Politécnica), Mozambique
• Cristiano Macuamule (Vice Chancellor, Universidade Politécnica), Moçambique
• Ana Carolina Hecht (co coordinator of Grupo de Trabajo CLACSO Educación e interculturalidad), Argentina

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

• Cecilia Gofman (Member of the Research Direction of CLACSO), Argentina
• Íris Victorino (member of the Scientific-Pedagogical Direction, A Politécnica), Mozambique
• Arcénia Chale (University Cooperation Direction, A Politécnica), Mozambique
• Isabel Humbane (Scientific-Pedagogical Direction, A Politécnica ), Mozambique
• Briolanja Langa (High Studies and Business Superior Institute– ISAEN – A Politécnica), Mozambique
• Tânia Wachene (Higher Polytechnic Institute / A Politécnica), Mozambique

COLLABORATING INSTITUTIONS

• Open Society Foundation (OSF)

• Institute of Education Sciences, Universidad Austral de Chile

• Postgraduate Programme in Education, Cultures and Identities (UFRPE/FUNDAJ)

• Centre for Sociological, Economic, Political and Anthropological Research – CISEPA PUCP
• Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR)
• Faculty of Letters and Social Sciences of the Eduardo Mondlane University
• Interdisciplinary School of Higher Social Studies (EIDAES – UNSAM)

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E-mail for inquires: [email protected]

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RESULTS – International School The Right to Higher Education in the Global South: Horizons, Debates and Challenges

We would like to thank all master’s or doctoral thesis students, public policy makers and representatives of social organizations for the warm welcome to this call for applications.

We received 48 applications that were evaluated by an international jury, made up of experts from 6 countries: Ana Carolina Hecht (Argentina), Belchior Canivete (Mozambique), Cibele Rodrigues (Brazil), Cristiano Macuamule (Mozambique), Javier Campos Martínez (Chile), Jose Cossa (Mozambique),
Mariana García Palacios (Argentina), Noelia Enriz (Argentina) and Patricia Ames (Peru). The Evaluation Committee considered the quality, relevance and coherence of the applications in accordance with the terms of the call.

After finding excellent relevance and thoroughness in most of the applications, the Committee selected the following to participate in the School:

Nombre	Apellido	Institución de pertenencia	País de residencia
Adriana	da Costa Barbosa	Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo	Brasil
Alicia Beatriz	Acin	Programa Universitario en la Cárcel – FFyH- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba	Argentina
Anayanci	Fregoso Centeno	Centro Universitario de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades – Universidad de Guadalajara	México
Angélica	García González	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	México
Arístides	Obando Cabezas	Fundación de Apoyo para la Educación Superior de Población Afrodescendiente	Colombia
Carlos Andrés	Pástor Pazmiño	Instituto Superior Tecnológico de la Economía Social, Popular y Solidaria	Ecuador
Cindy Gianella	Tutiven Desintonio	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	México
Dani Eduardo	Vargas Huanca	Organización Nacional de Comunidades Aymaras, Amazónicas y Quechuas (OBAAQ)	Perú
Daniela Vanesa	Perrotta	Universidad Nacional de las Artes	Argentina
Diego Ramón	García	Dirección de Educación Superior – Consejo General de Educación – Provincia de Entre Ríos	Argentina
Eliana	Dugarté	Universidad Austral de Chile	Chile
Eusebia	Solís	Red de Educación Popular Entre Mujeres de Latinoamérica y el Caribe (REPEM LAC)	Panamá
Gisela	Sasso	Facultad de Periodismo y Comunicación Social (FPyCS) de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata	Argentina
Henrique Andrade	Henrique	Associação Regional de Agroecologia dos Povos da Cabruca e da Mata Atlântica – Teia Dos Povos da Bahia	Brasil
Henry Ernesto	Salazar Carrillo	Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas	Colombia
Jose David	Rivera Escobar	Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas	Colombia
José Pablo	Prado Córdova	Facultad de Agronomía – Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala	Guatemala
Luz Angela Elizabeth	Barrera Bohorquez	Escuela Superior de Administración Pública -Universidad Pedagógica Nacional	Colombia
Magali	Ramos Jarrin	Universidad de Cambridge	Ecuador
Mahira	González	Universidad de la República	Uruguay
Marcelo David	Ochoa	Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento	Argentina
María Camila	dos Santos Rocha	Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco	Brasil
Mateo	Muñetones Rico	Universidad de Salamanca	Colombia
Matías	Mendieta Duarte	Red de Jóvenes y Adolescentes Positivos de América Latina y el Caribe Hispano – J+LAC	Paraguay
Mauricio	Humberto Díaz Araya	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Chile
Mirella	Guimarães Badarane	Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco	Brasil
Noelia	Celeste Cuevas	Instituto de Análisis Políticas Públicas – Universidad Nacional de La Rioja	Argentina
Oli Yojaydy	Maturana Correa	Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó Diego Luis Córdoba	Colombia
Rodrigo Andrés	Mardones Carrasco	Departamento de Artes Integradas – Universidad de Playa Ancha	Chile
Yanderi Josefina	Fernandez Hernandez	Comissão de Acesso e Permanência dos povos indígenas (CAPPI) – Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana (UNILA)	Brasil

In the event that any of the selected persons are unable to attend, the following list of applicants will be considered:

Nombre	Apellido	Institución de pertenencia	País de residencia
Luis Álvaro	Gallardo Eraso	Fundación Centro de Estudios Escuela para el Desarrollo	Colombia
María Soledad	Marquez	Comisión Nacional de Evaluación y Acreditación Universitaria (CONEAU)	Argentina
Nadia	Ksybala	Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral	Argentina
Verónica	Crespo	Universidad Nacional Tres de Febrero	Argentina
Victoria	Allende	Escuela Nacional de Organización Comunitaria y Economía Popular (ENOCEP) – Secretaría de Formación de la Unión de Trabajadores de la Economía Popular (UTEP) – (MTE)	Argentina

Up to 15 master’s or doctoral students and/or public policy makers and/or representatives of social organizations, resident in Maputo, Mozambique will be added to this selection to participate in the School.

This decision is final and irrevocable.

7 de july de 2023