Task Force on Education Advocacy

To Advocate for Education is to
Advocate for the Future of Our Children

CARE established TEA because it believes that the organization along with others with ground-level experience should serve as catalysts to help push community participation models and concepts into the mainstream of Egypt�s education sector.

The Task Force Objective is to actively engage in dialogue and collaborative work with civil society organizations to clearly define the parameters of community participation in education, and work as an alliance in awareness building and advocacy initiatives.

Main Activities

TEA builds on CARE Egypt's previous and on-going work in the field of education.
TEA members research and identify case studies featuring education advocacy documents and initiatives from Egypt and elsewhere.
TEA identifies trends in the educational field that may have negative effects on certain target groups in the future.

Achievements to Date

TEA conducted field research in 91 rural Upper

Egyptian communities to measure

the impact of the absence of birth

certificates in the enrollment of girls in schools.

TEA was also involved in organizing events

to promote dialogue, learning, and awareness

of community participation in education

with relevant stakeholders in Cairo

and at the governorate level.

TEA organizes national level meetings

to highlight issues from governorate level networks.

TEA has taken steps toward the formation

of a national coalition focused on advocacy

related to community participation in education.