Category: Learning
Prioritising early learning research in sub-Saharan Africa for equitable learning outcomes
This blog builds on a previous analysis highlighting limited research addressing early years in sub-Saharan Africa, and continues to draw attention to the need to prioritise early learning for equitable learning outcomes.
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Addressing the neglected area of language(s) in assessment and evaluation
The language(s) used in assessments and evaluations are central to these questions and to crucial wider issues of equity and social justice. Just as in Languages of Instruction (LoI), dominant languages are used in evaluation and assessment, but these are often not familiar languages to the participants.
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Partnership is key for evidence to translate into impact: Lessons from RISE Ethiopia
This blog highlights the impact achieved from the FCDO-funded RISE Ethiopia programme. RISE was a predecessor to the What Works Hub for Global Education, seeking to understand how national education systems could overcome the learning crisis.
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The impact of the language of instruction on foundational literacy and transitions
The role foundational literacy plays in successful learning outcomes of children and young people is widely recognised. Without a solid development of foundational literacy, children will encounter a wide range of challenges throughout their schooling and potentially in their life outcomes.
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Development, education and learning in Sri Lanka: an international research journey
The new Open Access book, ‘Development, Education and Learning in Sri Lanka: an international research journey’, draws together research on Sri Lanka, undertaken over the past 50 years.
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Harnessing implementation science to drive educational transformation in sub-Saharan Africa
The educational landscape across sub-Saharan Africa is marred by daunting challenges, with persistently poor learning outcomes standing out as a cause for urgent concern. Despite decades of concerted interventions, evidence indicates a distressing regression in learning performance over the past half-century.
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Arguing for a language-focused approach to support socio-emotional learning and wellbeing
Language as a critical factor in socio-emotional learning
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Beyond the Cursory: Creating a Space for Sustained Dialogues on Language in Education
In March 2024, UKFIET, in collaboration with the British Council, convened an important event in London to highlight the critical yet often overlooked role of language in education.
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Understanding parental perceptions and their involvement in children’s learning through the lenses of accountability: Evidence from rural India
India has made substantial progress in achieving universal enrolment in primary education, with almost all children being enrolled in school. Nonetheless, learning remains a challenge, particularly in rural areas.
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India’s national education policy attempts to address poor learning outcomes
Unlike some of its neighbours, India has long neglected its primary and secondary education sector. While progress has been made towards achieving universal education since the 1990s as the neglect got substantially remedied, learning outcomes still remain poor and quite uneven between government and private schools as well as across…
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Spotlight on Ethiopia’s Secondary Education Challenges
The education system in Ethiopia has been grappling with a substantial crisis. Continuing civil war and political instability have disrupted the educational trajectories of millions of Ethiopian children.
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Learning and sharing from the Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures Network
The purpose of The Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures was to provide better understanding of how education can be transformed to support sustainable livelihoods, sustainable cities and communities and climate action in the contexts of India, Rwanda, Somalia/Somaliland and South Africa.
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