By Margaret Wawira This year, the theme of the always much anticipated Comparative and International Education Society Conference is: Illuminating the power of Idea/lism: Elevating ourselves in time, place and possibility. Given that this theme resonates so deeply with the…
Keeping the conversations going among adolescents despite challenges caused by the COVID 19 Pandemic By Catherine Asego The school bell did not ring for the better part of 2020, thanks to the covid-19 pandemic. In Kenya, just like in other…
By Nancy Palmer and Stephanie Gasior As we approach this year’s Comparative and International Education Society conference, the team at Wellspring Philanthropic Fund took some time to reflect on what makes RELI’s participation so important and how the conference might…
By Yoko Akachi, Rolla Khadduri and Chi-Chi Undie[1] This article was initially posted on the Mannion Daniels website: on 6th January 2022. Over a billion students globally have been affected by school closures since March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.…
By Gabby Douglas Community Education Volunteer (CEV) Kembabazi Adrinne helps women and children learn how to read and write in her free time In Uganda, only 35 per cent of children who enrol in primary school will complete their primary…
By Johnstone Shisanya, ESP Programme Manager Children in Mukuru Kwa Njenga, a Nairobi informal settlement area, wake up each day hoping for an education and a fair chance to fight for a better future. For many however, quality education remains…
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 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’…
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