REGS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

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

Organized 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 have 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 graduating 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 CLACSO Working Group on Educational Policies and the Right to Education), Brazil

• Javier Campos Martínez (member of CLACSO Working Group on Educational Policies and the Right to Education), Chile

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

• Mariana García Palacios (co-coordinator of CLACSO Working Group on Education and Interculturality), Argentina

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

• Noelia Enriz (co-coordinator of CLACSO Working Group on Education and Interculturality), 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
• Innocent Mutimucuio (Director of the Higher Institute of Management, Science and Technology – ISGCT, A Politécnica), Mozambique
• Francisco Noa (Advisor, A Polytechnic), Mozambique
• Christian Macuamule (Vice Chancellor, Universidade Politécnica), Moçambique
• Ana Carolina Hecht (co-coordinator of CLACSO Working Group on Education and Interculturality), Argentina

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

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

COLLABORATING INSTITUTIONS

• Open Society Foundation (OSF)

• Institute of Educational Sciences, Austral University of Chile

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

• Center 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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Email 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:

Name	Last Name	Institution of belonging	Country of residence
Adriana	da Costa Barbosa	Federal University of Espírito Santo	Brazil
Alicia Beatriz	Acin	University Program in Prison – FFyH – National University of Córdoba	Argentina
Anayanci	Fregoso Centeno	University Center for Social Sciences and Humanities – University of Guadalajara	Mexico
Angelica	García González	National Autonomous University of Mexico	Mexico
Aristides	Obando Cabezas	Foundation for the Support of Higher Education for Afro-descendant Populations	Colombia
Carlos andres	Pastor Pazmiño	Higher Technological Institute of the Social, Popular and Economy Solidarity	Ecuador
Cindy Gianella	Tutiven Desintonio	National Autonomous University of Mexico	Mexico
Dani Eduardo	Vargas Huanca	National Organization of Aymara, Amazonian and Quechua Communities (OBAAQ)	Peru
Daniela Vanesa	Perrotta	National University of the Arts	Argentina
Diego Ramón	García	Directorate of Higher Education – General Council of Education – Province of Entre Ríos	Argentina
Eliana	Dugarté	Universidad Austral de Chile	Chile
Eusebia	Solís	Popular Education Network Among Women of Latin America and the Caribbean (REPEM LAC)	Panama
Gisela.	Sasso	Faculty of Journalism and Social Communication (FPyCS) of the National University of La Plata	Argentina
Henrique Andrade	Henry	Associação Regional de Agroecologia dos Povos da Cabruca e da Mata Atlântica – Teia Dos Povos da Bahia	Brazil
Henry Ernest	Salazar Carrillo	University Francisco Jose de Calda	Colombia
Jose David	Rivera Escobar	University Francisco Jose de Calda	Colombia
Jose Pablo	Prado Cordova	Faculty of Agronomy – University of San Carlos of Guatemala	Guatemala
Luz Angela Elizabeth	Barrera Bohorquez	Higher School of Public Administration - National Pedagogical University	Colombia
Magali	Ramos Jarrin	University of Cambridge	Ecuador
Mahira	González	University of the Republic	Uruguay
Marcelo David	Ochoa	National University of General Sarmiento	Argentina
Maria Camila	dos Santos Rocha	Federal Rural University of Pernambuco	Brazil
Mateo	Rico Dolls	University of Salamanca	Colombia
Matias	Mendieta Duarte	Positive Youth and Adolescent Network Latin America and the Hispanic Caribbean – J+LAC	Paraguay
Mauricio	Humberto Díaz Araya	Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso	Chile
Mirella	Guimarães Badarane	Federal Rural University of Pernambuco	Brazil
Noelia	Celeste Cuevas	Institute for Public Policy Analysis – National University of La Rioja	Argentina
Oli Yojaydy	Maturana Correa	Technological University of Chocó Diego Luis Córdoba	Colombia
Rodrigo Andrés	Mardones Carrasco	Department of Integrated Arts – University of Playa Ancha	Chile
Yanderi Josefina	Fernandez Hernandez	Commission for Access and Permanence of Indigenous Peoples (CAPPI) – Federal University for Latin American Integration (UNILA)	Brazil

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

Name	Last Name	Institution of belonging	Country of residence
Luis Álvaro	Gallardo Eraso	Foundation Center for Studies School for Development	Colombia
Maria Soledad	Marquez	National Commission for University Evaluation and Accreditation (CONEAU)	Argentina
Nadia	Ksybala	National University of Southern Patagonia	Argentina
Veronica	Curly	University National Tres de Febrero	Argentina
Victoria	Allende	National School of Community Organization and Popular Economy (ENOCEP) – Training Secretariat of the Union of Workers of the Popular Economy (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.

July 7, 2023