Category: Learning
Lessons learnt from implementing and evaluating programmes to promote play-based learning in Ghana
Play-Based Learning (PBL) is a child-centred approach actively involving children and adults in creating meaningful learning experiences. It is a core component of holistic education, fostering cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development essential for lifelong learning.
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Unlocking literacy: The power of parents and cultural heritage
When we think about literacy, our minds often turn to schools, textbooks, and formal lessons. But could the most profound literacy lessons begin long before a child steps into a classroom?
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Learning for transformation in ‘My Village’ in Khoria, Nepal
The lush green rice and sugarcane fields were a powerful backdrop against the learning walls in the open village courtyard learning camp embraced by the wise grand Banyan tree. They were the organic living props to ‘My Village’ education programme being implemented by Gali Gali in Khoria, a village in…
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International Mother Language Day 2025
21 February 2025, we celebrate the 25th anniversary of International Mother Language Day
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If not today, it will be tomorrow: the significant role of education in promoting active ageing
During the past decades, the life expectancy of people living in most regions of the world has increased significantly because of improvements in living conditions, socio-economic development, advances in medicine and more progressive in public health policies.
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Transforming Pakistan’s Education Future Through Evidence-Based Research
In May 2024, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, declared an ‘Education Emergency’ across Pakistan. This declaration comes at perhaps the most critical juncture in Pakistan’s educational history – with 26 million children out of school and a country ranked as the 8th most vulnerable to the impacts of…
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Can Evidence on Learning Gains Help Guide Teacher Policy in Ethiopia?
Understanding teachers’ contribution to raising learning outcomes at scale is important for informing policy on teachers and teacher development. Much of the research dedicated to assessing the contribution of teachers to their pupils’ progress in quantitative terms uses what is known as ‘value-added modelling’
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Recentring Mathematics curricula in developing countries using the Global Proficiency Framework: Insights from Sierra Leone
7 out of 10 learners in Grade 2 and Grade 4 in Sierra Leone cannot add or subtract 2-digit numbers. The proportion of learners who score zero in these tasks does not drop as learners progress from Grade 2 to Grade 4 (ibid.).
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Scoping of African organisations providing capacity strengthening opportunities for researchers
Researchers with the right skills and expertise can produce robust, trustworthy and reliable research evidence that can positively influence education policy decisions and investments.
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Conference on Scholasticide in Gaza: A Call to Action for the International Education Community
The event brought together Palestinian academics, UK-based educators, and experts to discuss the devastating impact of the ongoing genocide on Gaza’s education system.
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Missing futures: How the systematic undermining of children’s rights in Gaza impacts their ability to learn now and, in the future
The ongoing conflict in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, has inflicted unprecedented and potentially irreversible harm on Palestinian children, with consequences that threaten not only their individual futures but the very fabric of Palestinian society for generations to come.
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The role of solidarity and education in times of oppression
The bell rang loudly, signifying the end of the mid-morning recess. In the corridors, students rushed to their classrooms. As I stepped into my Grade 11 History class, my attention was drawn to the notice board where a student had sketched the flag of Palestine with a bold caption: “Free…
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