Towards evidence-driven education in emergencies: ERICC research agenda for South Sudan

This paper presents a proposed Research Agenda for education in conflict and crisis in South Sudan. Through a comprehensive ‘country scan’ process guided by the ERICC programme – involving an evidence review, mapping exercises, key informant interviews and key stakeholder meetings – evidence gaps in education within the conflict-affected and protracted crisis context of South Sudan have been identified. From this systematic approach, we arrived at five priority research areas: i) out-of-school children, with a focus on pastoralist communities; ii) determinants of academic outcomes, social-emotional learning, and mental health and psychosocial support; iii) evaluation of policy formulation and implementation over time; iv) assessment of system preparedness and adaptation to shocks; and v) examination of processes and challenges in teacher training.