Tag: COVID-19
Lessons from Ethiopia for the global education community on large-scale education reforms with equity
In recent years, primary school enrolment has expanded rapidly in Ethiopia. However, even before the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the most disadvantaged still face challenges in completing primary school and learning levels have remained low and even appear to have stalled. The Research for Improving Systems of…
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Remedial education to support learning loss threatened by cuts to development aid
The data is in: The COVID-19 global pandemic has been one of the most destructive events for student learning across globe, with the worst effects among the most vulnerable students – those in low-income and/or conflict-affect contexts. Globally, 1.5 billion students in 188 countries were unable to attend school in-person.
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Mitigating Learning Loss: how to regain lost literacy after Covid school closures
The World Bank has estimated that ‘learning poverty’ – children unable to read and understand a simple text by age 10 – has increased from 53% before Covid to a new level of 63% globally and 70% in several lower middle income countries (LMICs). And UNESCO reports that: “In low-income…
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How education systems can take the digital innovations spurred by COVID to heart: a case from Rwanda
VVOB – education for development and government and university partners in Rwanda have been invested in strengthening educational leaders through professional development for years. Fixed practices were challenged when COVID-19 forced us all indoors, and in-person sessions were translated to online ones. Now, insights show how a well-thought-out fusion of…
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Transforming education: how we’re doing our homework too
Sightsavers is committed to doing our own homework to help transform education systems. We acknowledge that transforming education is a collective effort and we’re dedicated to actively contributing to the global movement to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 4, with a specific focus on girls and children with disabilities.
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Parental involvement continues to be central for reducing school dropout: evidence from India during the pandemic
What can we learn about the role of parents during school closures and their influence on reducing the likelihood of school dropout? Our ESRC funded project “Accountability from the Grassroots in Uttar Pradesh, India” is based on the premise that children learn best when the most important adults in their…
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Transforming Education Summit: our call for world leaders
The countdown begins for world leaders and the international education community to convene in New York on 19 September at the Transforming Education Summit (TES). The summit will mobilise political ambition, action and solutions to transform the future of education and accelerate progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4) –…
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Socioemotional Learning (SEL) and EdTech – Opportunities for Turbulent Times
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a seismic shift in education - not only in its delivery but also its goals. Here we identify five opportunities emerging from the pandemic that can help bring socioemotional learning to the front and centre of learning goals.
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Localising power and responsibility for education through community-based structures
NGOs have long understood that meaningful community engagement makes education projects more relevant, successful, and sustainable. But the COVID-19 pandemic, which brought sudden school closures and disrupted INGOs’ and national NGOs’ work, catapulted communities into leading roles.
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We must counter barriers to female leadership in universities and colleges
The 2022 International Women’s Day campaign theme #BreaktheBias calls for urgent action to counter bias in social, economic, cultural, and political spheres of life, but importantly to overcome barriers to female leadership in higher education.
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Adopting a holistic approach to examining learning loss as a result of school closures in Ethiopia: including socio-emotional learning
This blog was written by Stephen Bayley, Darge Wole Meshesha, Paul Ramchandani, Pauline Rose, Tassew Woldehanna, and Louise Yorke. It was originally published on the RISE...
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Decolonising co-design in international teacher education
This blog was written by Kris Stutchbury (Senior Lecturer in Teacher Education), with contributions from Clare Woodward (Lecturer in International Education) at the Open...
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