Program
Nairobi, 21st - 23rd June 2023
Program
A rich conference agenda will offer 18 sessions including keynote presentations, paper presentations, thematic panels as well as intimate explorations and application of evidence to interpret the current assessments and interventions and use these to sense the future.
Conference Eve: Tuesday 20th June 2023, 5.30 pm
Cocktail welcome for international guests and other friends. Supported by Imaginable Futures.
Day One: Wednesday 21st June 2023
The role of (life skills & values) assessments in stimulating change
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 08:00 – 8:30 am | Arrival, coffee, networking |
| 09:00 – 9:30 am |
Session 1: Opening Welcome by the conference partners: Welcome remarks by collaborators: Official Opening: |
| 09:30 – 10:15 am |
Session 2: Keynote address 1 Stretching the edge of assessment to achieve context, scale, inclusion, evidence and change - Dr. John Mugo, Principal Investigator, ALiVE |
| 10:15 – 10:30 am | Health break |
| 10:30 – 12:00 noon |
Session 3: High-level panel 1: Prospects and challenges to Life Skills and Values assessment in Africa |
| 12:00 – 1:15 pm |
Session 4: Roundtable 1: Unraveling the path between assessment and change: Lessons from global initiatives (10 mins Creative-sharing of lessons from each initiative) |
| 1:15 – 2:15 pm | LUNCH |
| 2:15 – 3:45 pm |
Session 5: System Assessments: Approaches, tools and prospects in national assessments in East Africa |
| 3.45 - 4.00 pm | Quick break |
| 4.00 – 5:00 pm |
Session 6: Showcasing tools, frameworks, pathways and choices 1. ALiVE 2. AMPLIFY 3. OECD (Online/Support by Erin?) 4. OAA Zambia 5. UNICEF |
| 5:00 – 5:30 pm | Session 7: Closing reflections |
Day two:
Approaches to enhancing life skills and values
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 8:00 – 8:30 am | Arrival, coffee, networking |
| 8:30 – 9:00 am | Ice-breaker, warm-up activities |
| 9:00 – 9:45 am |
Session 8: Keynote address 2: Examining frameworks and approaches to nurturing: Lessons from Africa, Asia and the Pacific |
| 09:45– 11:00 am |
High Level Panel 2: Integration of Life Skills and Values in national curricula: Choices and Experiences |
| 11:00 – 11:30 am | Health Break |
| 11:30 – 12:45 pm |
Session 9: Deepening in Group Discussions: The answered and the difficult questions: Between home vs school, integration vs stand-alone subject, individual child vs whole school, formal vs informal approaches |
| 12:45-2:00 pm | LUNCH |
| 2:00 – 3.30 pm |
Session 10: Breakout Panels: Nurturing approaches in context Panel 3: Parental and community approaches Panel 4: Instruction-based approaches Panel 5: Whole-classroom-school approaches |
| 3:30 – 4:30 pm |
Session 11: Plenary Discussion: Harvested knowledge and questions from disparate approaches: Implications for curriculum and classroom practice |
| 4:30 - 5:00 pm | Closing reflections and housekeeping |
| 6:00 pm |
Conference Dinner Reception and launches |
Day three:
Policy prioritization of life skills and values in education
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 08:00 – 8:30 am | Arrival, coffee, networking |
| 08:30 – 8:45 am | Context setting and framing for the day |
| 08:45 – 9:05 am |
Session 12: Keynote address 3 Education fit for purpose: Policy making for 21st century learning |
| 09:05 – 10:30 am |
Session 13: Facilitated Group Discussions: Achieving Policy Shifts in life skills and values: Where are we and what must we do? - Mixed country groups |
| 10:30 – 11:00 am | Tea break |
| 11:00–11:45 am |
Session 14: Country Roundtables: Coalition-building and committing to our children |
| 11:50 – 12:20 pm |
Session 15: Plenary: Sharing country resolutions |
| 12:30 – 1:30 pm |
Session 16: Closing plenary: Reflections from participants - Closing remarks from the conference team - Closing remarks from Tanzania - Closing remarks from Uganda Official conference closing: |
| 1:30 pm | LUNCH AND DEPARTURE |