As the world marks the International Day of the African Child, the safety of older children in Kenyan boarding schools […]
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As the Senate Education Committee in Kenya considers The Learners with Disabilities Bill, 2023, it is important to pay attention […]
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Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women (GrOW) – East Africa spurs transformative change to advance gender equality in the world […]
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The APHRC’s human development team will attend this year’s Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) annual conference in Washington, […]
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Brenda Wawire and Elisheba Kiru The national curriculum is a critical component in education systems as it provides the framework […]
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Elisheba Kiru and Kennedy Kamau The 2009 Special Needs Education (SNE) Policy Framework, the 2010 Constitution of Kenya, and the […]
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Quality early childhood education (ECE) can enhance school readiness for 4-5-year-olds who are about to join primary school, positively impact […]
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For a long time, men and boys have been left out of the gender equality discourse, relegating their role to […]
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On Saturday the 23rd of April 2022, the Cabinet Secretary of Education, Prof. George Magoha, released the 2021 KCSE results […]
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During a recent writing workshop, the Education and Youth Empowerment (EYE) team played a game of charades. The game, which […]
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ALOT Change Phase III is a follow-up study of the Phase II cohort who transitioned to secondary school in 2019. In this Phase, APHRC in liaison with Miss Koch and U-Tena is testing the feasibility of
implementing the A LOT-Change model among older adolescents and also establish the sustainability of the effects of the intervention as observed in Phase II on the adolescents in secondary school.
The intervention components in Phase III include career awareness training, mentoring in soft skills, holiday homework support, digital literacy and parental counselling. In the short-term, these components are expected to broaden the enrolled adolescents’ view of prospective future career paths in different sectors and knowledge of what it takes to get there; improve their social responsibility and citizenship skills; improve soft skills knowledge among adolescent boys and girls; improve learning outcomes; enhance their knowledge and skills in the use of digital hardware and related software; and increase parental support for their children’s education. In the long term we hope that by securing the future of these adolescent boys and girls, they will, in turn, transform their communities positively. […]
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There are low levels of research productivity among Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Africa, a situation that is likely to […]
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Research is an essential tool for the creation and advancement of knowledge for socio-economic development. Whilst individuals pursue different kinds […]
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At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, about 1.6 billion learners (94% globally) from pre-primary to higher education were affected by the partial or total closure of schools (UN, 2020). As shown in Table 1, projections from UNESCO 2020 show that 23.8 million (10.9 million in primary and secondary school) children, adolescents and youth are at risk of dropping out of school globally due to the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
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This report synthesizes available evidence on the education priorities of 41 African partner countries of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) in responding to the impacts of COVID-19, and how these countries have financed their responses. It also addresses how these measures are meeting the education needs of vulnerable and marginalized children, especially girls, children with disabilities and those living in hard-to-reach areas. It identifies education financing gaps and challenges, and emerging evidence on what education systems in these countries are experiencing as a result of COVID-19 and persistent funding constraints. The report concludes with five recommendations for GPE partner countries and development actors. […]
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Preventing teenage pregnancy and maintaining girls at schools is critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 which aims […]
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“This crisis could have been all we needed to position ourselves for the future.” These were the words by Rukomia […]
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