By Maurice Mutisya, APHRC Students learning under a tree Kenya guarantees free and compulsory basic education for all children. The 2010 constitution identifies it as a public good yet 60 years after independence access to quality education remains a pipe…
By Lawrence Konge Children in Uganda playing during the covid-19 lockdown Financing is critical to the delivery of quality education services. But new research shows that although funding is a necessary factor affecting the performance of learners it should always…
By Ruth Kihio, Paschal Iganana and Njeri Kaguta Maasai women singing sensitization songs during the Emanyatta Secondary School Harambee A lot of girls in rural indigenous communities, like the semi-nomadic pastoralist Maasai of Tanzania, still find it hard to access…
By George Odwe and Chi-Chi Undie, Population Council. Faith Sipanjo Ikokia, a 15-year-old parenting girl who successfully returned to school following 4Ts intervention in Narok County. Photo credit: Joyce Kudate, CSO Narok County. A new policy to recruit out-of-school girls’…
RELI is a network of education actors from across East Africa, collectively focused on improving learning outcomes. RELI Kenya will host a conversation amongst members on persistent barriers to improved learning outcomes, and hear innovative member-driven solutions from the grassroots…
By Job Mwangi Since the ‘Education for All’ Initiative was launched in 1990, there has been growing recognition that the world we are living in is becoming increasingly complex, and the future evermore unpredictable. Our world is now driven by…
By John Mugo Despite COVID-19, the year 2021 has brought many blessings our way. Nearly two million children have completed primary and secondary school, after going through a really trying period of closing and opening. Many of them have passed…
IN A UGANDAN CLASSROOM
Can we create a skills bootcamp for youth outside of the system?
Through Teacher Professional Development Action Research
