After KCPE and KCSE, let our children learn values and life skills
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…
Category: Life Skills
Calls for Equitable Education in East Africa
By Sister Grace Mkosamali Sister Grace Mkosamali, an advocate for inclusive and equitable education, presented a paper on education in East Africa during an annual…
Home Learning Kits improve learning
Students from pastoralist communities keen in class before the covid-19 pandemic
A Community-Collaborative Approach to Education Reform
By Building Tomorrow When the covid-19 pandemic hit the world in early 2020, governments globally ordered lockdowns, which stalled many socio-economic activities. In Uganda, schools…
Covid -19 Budget Cuts Affect Child Rights Programming in Eastern Africa
By Andiwo Obondoh and Margaret Wawira East Africa’s three waves of covid-19 in 2020/2021 have resulted in a lot of stress and immense strain on…
Education sector budget deficit a concern for school programmes in Uganda
By Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG) RELI members- Civil Society Budget Advisory Group, STiR Education, and The Uganda Society for Disabled Children, urged the…
Great expectations of the ALiVE Learning Community
By John Mugo, Mauro Giacomazzi, Devotha Festo and Samuel Otieno The Assessment of Life Skills and Values in East Africa was launched on February 17th,…
Justice Mumbi Ngugi’s Speech at the Launch of the Assessment of Lifeskills and Values in East Africa Project.
Wednesday 17th February 2021. I am honoured to participate in the launch of the ALiVE project, and to be among the members of the Regional…
School leaders uncovered.
By John Mary Vianney Mitana (PhD), Jean Mary Wendo, Jude Edward Matovu The impact of Covid-19 has disrupted schooling globally, with 1.6bn learners out of…
Becoming comfortable with being uncomfortable.
By Girls Livelihood and Mentoring Initiatives As the year 2020 began, like everyone in the world, the Girls Livelihood and Mentoring Initiatives (GLAMI) had no…
Parental engagement: the magic bullet that countered school dropouts.
By: Alex Kimiri, Africa Educational Trust Covid-19 has affected children’s learning across the globe and the solutions that work in the richer parts of the…
Re-opening in the time of COVID-19 in Kenya.
By Ann Gachoya, Truphena Kirongo, Fredrick Kiiru, George Odwe, Chi-Chi Undie. In December 2020, Kenya’s Ministry of Education started preparing to to fully re-open schools…