APHRC at CIES 2023

The APHRC’s human development team will attend this year’s Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) annual conference in Washington, DC. This year’s conference theme is “improving education for a more equitable world.” Join Moses Ngware, the team’s leader, and other professionals in the following sessions:

• Funding education research in Africa: How equitable and inclusive are the approaches? by Moses Ngware. Sun, February 19, 2:45 to 4:15 pm EST (Sun, February 19, 10:45 pm to Mon, February 20, 12:15 am EAT)

• Towards equitable quality education for children living in urban informal settlements: experiences from East Africa by Nyambura Thiong’o. Tue, 21 February, 9:30 to 11:00 am EST (5:30 to 7:00 pm EAT)

• Long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Education provisioning: Evidence and Experiences from Africa by Moses Ngware. Tue, February 21, 4:45 to 6:15 pm EST (Wed, February 22, 12:45 to 2:15 am EAT), Grand Hyatt Washington, Floor: Independence Level (5B), Lafayette Park

• Listening to women’s voices: Empowering women through provision of quality childcare services and strengthening their capacity for paid labor engagement by Patricia Kitsao-Wekulo. Tue, February 21, 6:30 to 8:00 pm EST (Wed, February 22, 2:30 to 4:00 am EAT)

• Responding to the COVID-19: financing education in Africa during the pandemic by Moses Ngware by Moses Ngware. Wed, February 22, 9:45 to 11:15 am EST (5:45 to 7:15 pm EAT), Grand Hyatt Washington, Floor: Constitution Level (3B), Constitution C

• Predictors of quality of child care centers in low income settings: Findings from two informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya by Nelson Langat . Sun, February 19, 6:30 to 8:00 pm EST (Mon, February 20, 2:30 to 4:00 am EAT)

• The resilience of Low-Cost Private Schools amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: Voices from the education providers by Catherine Asego. Tue, February 21, 4:45 – 6:15 PM EST (Wed, February 22, 12:45 – 2:15 am EAT)

• What ails girls’ education in Senegal? Perceptions of policymakers and program actors by Benta A. Abuya. Tue, February 21, 2:45 to 4:15 pm EST (Tue, February 21, 10:45 pm to Wed, February 22, 12:15 am EAT)

• Determinants of school choice before and during COVID-19: Evidence from Uganda’s informal settlements by Francis Kiroro. Sun, February 19, 6:30 to 8:00 pm EST (Mon, February 20, 2:30 to 4:00 am EAT)

• Programming for adolescent girls and boys: Shared experiences on an after-school support program in Urban Nairobi  by Nelson Muhia. Mon, February 20, 9:30 to 11:00 am EST (5:30 to 7:00 pm EAT), Grand Hyatt Washington, Floor: Independence Level (5B), Franklin Square

• Education and COVID-19 in Africa: Evidence and Perspectives from Africa by Elisheba Kiru. Tue, February 21, 4:45 to 6:15 pm EST (Wed, February 22, 12:45 to 2:15 am EAT), Grand Hyatt Washington, Floor: Independence Level (5B), Farragut Square

• Supporting Multilingual Children at-risk of Reading Failure: Impacts of a multilingual structured pedagogy literacy intervention in Kenya by Brenda Wawire & Adrienne Barnes (Story). Sun, February 19, 9:45 to 11:15 am EST (5:45 to 7:15 pm EAT), Grand Hyatt Washington, Floor: Declaration Level (1B), Banneker