Mali Education Recovery Support Activity (ERSA)

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

EDC is increasing educational access for more than 10,000 out-of-school children and youth in the Gao and Menaka regions of northern Mali through its implementation of the Education Recovery Support Activity (ERSA). This project is providing essential educational services through accelerated learning programs, while also promoting peace building and resilience through the use of culturally appropriate lessons and activities. The ERSA project is doing the following: Setting up 290 safe Accelerated Learning centers inside host formal schools for out-of-school children; Building and equipping 110 classrooms and rehabilitating 15 youth centers; Providing basic education, life skills, and livelihood training for 2,800 out-of-school youth; Building local capacity to deliver relevant educational programs to out-of-school children and youth.


Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Mali

Government Affiliation

Government-affiliated program

Years

2016 -

Partner(s)

Government of Mali

Ministry Affiliation

Government of Mali

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Other

  • Other

Other skills

  • Life skills/sexuality education

Quality

  • School facilities
  • School quality

Skills

  • Literacy
  • Numeracy
  • Other academic performance-related

Cross-cutting areas

  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Emergencies and protracted crises

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys out of school, Girls out of school, Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary

Other populations reached

  • Boys out of school
  • Community leaders
  • Girls in school
  • Religious leaders

Participants include

  • Other

Program Approaches Back to Top

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • Community-based monitoring (e.g. school report cards)
  • Community mobilization
  • General awareness-raising/community engagement

Curriculum/learning

  • Increased availability of learning materials

Facilities construction/improvement

  • Construction/improvement of schools

Other

  • Coordinated Action

Teaching

  • Teaching materials (e.g. lesson plans, curricula)

Water and sanitation

  • Construction/improvement of sex-specific toilets

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Gender parity and non-discrimination are promoted at all subjects/education levels
  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Improved social and emotional learning/skills and mindsets
  • Increased grade attainment
  • Increased years of schooling

Cross-cutting goals

  • Improved critical consciousness
  • Increased employment/job-related skills
  • Reduced poverty/increase household well-being