Organizer: Jenny Perlman Robinson Moderator: Larry Cooley Presenter: Maud Seghers . This webinar focused on sharing a scalability checklist and user guide based on an existing resource developed by MSI and adapted to education through a process led by Belgian NGO VVOB. VVOB provided an overview of contents of the new tool and discussed how it can be used to guide and plan for scaling. Additionally, key take-aways were shared on the process of adapting a generic scaling tool to the education ...
By Sergio De Marco and Barbara Sparrow A still from the telanovela “Decidiendo para un Futuro Mejor” (Choosing a Better Future). In late 2020, as part of Peru’s national mobilization for educational continuity during the COVID-19 pandemic, the country’s Ministry of Education started airing episodes of a telanovela “Decidiendo para un Futuro Mejor” (Choosing a Better Future), on national TV, embedded in the remote education lessons. But the telanovela was a little unusual—it was conceived and tested by researchers Oswaldo Molina, Christopher Neilson, and Francisco Gallego, ...
Dear colleagues, We hope this email finds you well! We are reaching out to share plans for an exciting year ahead for the Scaling Community of Practice Education Working Group. Webinar Schedule and Themes The following topics will be collectively explored during 2021, building on the interests expressed by working group members, including from the survey administered during the working group meeting last October. We welcome any additional feedback or suggestions related to these or other proposed themes. Translating scaling ...
The Education Working Group hosted a webinar on April 9, 2020, to discuss how members are continuing (or exploring how to continue) learning opportunities in the midst of the global COVID- 19 pandemic, and more specifically to: Discuss immediate and longer-term impacts of COVID-19 on children’s education. Share information about current education efforts underway in response to COVID-19 crisis and where the education community can learn from other efforts. Explore where the Education Working Group can contribute and add value, ...
By The Education Partnership (TEP), February 2020 As with most of sub-Saharan Africa, the education sector in Nigeria faces a number of challenges. With over 10.2 million out of school children, insufficient teachers, low learning outcomes, and complexities in basic education policies, Nigeria lags behind in achieving its development potential. The government alone is unable to meet the learning needs of all its citizens, and without the support of innovative education interventions, the vision of sustainable and inclusive learning opportunities ...
By Nedjma Koval nkoval@integratedinternational.org In Jordan one third of refugees are school-aged children between 5-17 years old. To absorb the influx of these children, Jordan’s Ministry of Education has established double-shifted public schools. However, the refugee crisis has placed complex demands on teachers who face classrooms of students coming from two or more distinct national groups, some of whom have escaped the trauma of conflict and destruction, and whose respective communities are seen as competing for finite economic resources. Teachers ...
