Resource Pleins feux sur l'achèvement de l'éducation de base et les apprentissages fondamentaux en République démocratique du Congo L’Étude Spotlight : République démocratique du Congo (DRC Spotlight Study) fournit aux partenaires de l’éducation un diagnostic du système éducatif national fondé sur des éléments tangibles, qui met l’accent sur l’éducation de base et les apprentissages fondamentaux. Son objectif est de souligner les progrès réalisés au sein du système par rapport aux répercussions de facteurs tels que la vision de l’éducation, l’enseignement et l’apprentissage, les enseignants, l’administration et la gestion, l’engagement des parents et de la communauté, et enfin l’évaluation de l’éducation de base et des apprentissages fondamentaux.
Resource Implementing Free Primary Education in a Crisis Context: COVID-19 and Education Reform in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo In this French-language contribution, Jean-Benoît Falisse et al. examine a “double shock” on education in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a policy abolishing fees for public primary school and COVID-19. The influx of new students, school closures, and precarious contracts made continuing in the profession untenable for many teachers.
Resource La Mise en œuvre de la gratuité de l’enseignement primaire en contexte de crise : COVID-19 et la Réforme de l’Enseignement au Sud Kivu, République démocratique du Congo Dans cette contribution francophone, Jean-Benoît Falisse et al. examine le « double choc » sur l’éducation en RDC : une politique de l’abolition des frais de scolarité pour l’école primaire et le COVID-19. Pour de nombreux d'enseignants, l’arrivée des nouveaux étudiants, les fermetures d’écoles et les contrats précaires ont rendu la poursuite de la profession intenable.
Resource How Cognitive and Psychosocial Difficulties Affect Learning Outcomes: A Study of Primary School Children in Syria In a study of 7,191 Syrian children, authors Grace Anyaegbu, Caroline Carney, Holly-Jane Howell, Alaa Zaza, and Abdulkader Alaeddin report lower literacy levels among children with one cognitive or psychosocial difficulty (as determined by the Washington Group Questions). Children with two or more such difficulties were less likely to progress as far on an eight-milestone literacy pathway.
Resource Assessing Classroom Practices, School-Related Stress, and Holistic Learning Outcomes During this webinar on new measures in the INEE Measurement Library, presenters shared evidence on three measures that have been developed or adapted for their specific contexts: Response to Stress Questionnaire (RSQ) in Lebanon, Teacher Classroom Observation (TCO) in Tanzania, and Holistic Assessment for Learning (HAL) in Syria.
Resource Holistic Assessment for Learning (HAL) - Syria The Holistic Assessment for Learning is a tool for measuring early grade learners' literacy, numeracy, and social and emotional skills.
Resource How to Integrate Social and Emotional Learning in USAID Basic Education Programs This How-To-Hote aims to provide guidance on how to include and integrate skills-based social and emotional learning across the USAID program cycle into basic education programs, which serve children and youth (including adolescents) with a variety of formal and informal education programs, including youth workforce programs.
Resource Distance Learning During COVID-19 Crisis: Primary and Secondary School Parents Experiences in Kenya Research results from Rangwe Sub-county have shown that most learners have not benefited much from the online classes due to the network and other related challenges reported in this paper. The paper recommends that government to properly educate parents, teachers and learners on modalities of distance and remote learning programmes.
Event Improve how you conduct EGRA with insights from Room to Read and new SurveyCTO features Join us to learn how to improve the way you conduct EGRA using SurveyCTO and other tools and you’ll hear from global NGO Room to Read.
Event Pivoting to remote teaching during COVID-19 In this webinar Young 1ove will share valuable lessons on using new tools and retraining staff to maintain service delivery during closures and lockdowns based on their work in Botswana. Please join us on July 29, 2020 at 1 PM UTC / 9 AM ET to learn how to design and deliver remote teaching programs. Anyone who is interested in best practices for safe and remote service delivery, whether focused on education or not, will find this webinar helpful.
