On 29th October 2020, Prof. Esther Care delivered a webinar on applying A Tested Method to Characterize Transferable Competences-Experience from the Optimizing Assessment For All Projects. In the webinar, Prof. Care took the team through the OAA project-Characteristics of the…
Opinion piece by Agatha Kimani In response to covid-19 all Kenyan learning institutions were on March 14, 2020 shut down. This presidential directive affected over 15 million primary and secondary school learners. Now the good news is that the school…
What past shocks can teach us about mitigating the impact of pandemics
What past shocks can teach us about mitigating the impact of pandemics
By Lucy Maina and Caroline Thiong’o “Nobody has succeeded in influencing the policy!” someone blurted out during a recent Regional Education Learning Initiative get-together. It occurred to us that even though the policy engagement piece was yet to be formulated,…
By Mauro Giacomazzi, Nabbuye Hawah, and Swetha Sridharan RELI Uganda’s values and life skills (VaLi) thematic group has been contributing their expertise the reform of Uganda’s lower secondary education curriculum. This process presented the opportunity to go beyond positioning youth…
By VaLi TZ Tanzania has an excellent approach to life skills education that has been tested and created at all levels of its delivery, yet it is still failing to achieve the expected results. RELI’s VaLi Tanzania team reviewed the…
By Sam Otieno Working three East African countries RELI Africa’s Values and Life Skills (VaLi) thematic group had the great fortune of having gotten used to virtual collaboration long before COVID-19. How did we do it? Webinars. The RELI’s regional…
By John Mugo In May 2020, RELI’s Values and Life Skills (VaLi) regional thematic cluster will unveil its collaborative initiative – Assessment of Life Skills and Values in East Africa (ALiVE). ALiVE responds to the growing recognition of the value…
It is 4.30am, in the new upcoming suburb of Najeera. The school van driver is menacingly hooting at the gate of Mr. & Mrs. Ssenfuma, interrupting the peace and quiet of the neighborhood.