Family and Inter-Generational Literacy and Learning Project

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Key Information

This project aims to support Member States in advancing the Education 2030 Agenda (SDG 4), which strives to “Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning for all”, by implementing inter-generational learning approaches to the literacy teaching and learning of both adults (male and females) and children (boys and girls). The project seeks to build bridges between formal, non-formal and informal learning and utilize synergies between the different education sub-sectors of adult education and early childhood/preschool/primary education and creating synergy among them to advance the quality of education for adults and children from both sexes. Moreover, the project promote creating the culture of reciprocal learning within the family members, as children and adults support each other’s learning and improve their literacy, language and numeracy skills and other basic skills.


Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Ethiopia, Gambia, The

Government Affiliation

Unknown

Years

2017 - 2020

Partner(s)

MOE of Ethiopia, UNESCO Institute Foe Life Long Learning (UIL), UNESCO Liaison Office in Addis Ababa, Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education of Gambia, UNESCO Regional Bureau in Dakar, the Gambia National Commission for UNESCO and UIL

Ministry Affiliation

N/A

Funder(s)

Federal Foreign Office of Germany

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

Global / regional

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Other

  • Early childhood development

Other skills

  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Rights/empowerment education
  • Vocational training

Quality

  • Teacher training

Skills

  • Literacy
  • Numeracy
  • Other academic performance-related

Cross-cutting areas

  • Digital literacy
  • Empowerment
  • Gender equality
  • Other cultural practices

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls (both in school and out of school), Parent-teacher associations/school management committees, Youth

Age

15 - 65

School Enrolment Status

All out of school

School Level

  • N/A

Other populations reached

  • Brothers
  • Community leaders
  • Fathers
  • Other caregivers
  • Other family members
  • Sisters
  • Spouses/partners
  • Teachers - female
  • Teachers - male

Participants include

  • Adolescent mothers (pregnant or parenting)

Program Approaches Back to Top

Access to school

  • Alternative learning centers/mobile schools/home schools

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • General awareness-raising/community engagement
  • School management committees

Educational Technology

  • Digital skills/literacy (including coding)

Life skills education

  • Sexual and reproductive health (including puberty education)

Menstrual hygiene management

  • Educating girls about menstruation

Social/gender norms change

  • Engaging parents/caregivers of students or school-age children/adolescents
  • Group activities with students or school-age children/adolescents
  • Work with community leaders

Teaching

  • Pre-service teacher training – gender-responsive pedagogy
  • Pre-service teacher training – pedagogy general
  • Teaching materials (e.g. lesson plans, curricula)

Women's empowerment programs

  • Empowerment training
  • Leadership training

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Improved social and emotional learning/skills and mindsets
  • Increased grade attainment
  • Increased re-enrolment in school among out-of-school children

Cross-cutting goals

  • Improved financial literacy and savings
  • Improved nutrition
  • Increased advocacy/civic engagement
  • Increased knowledge of HIV, puberty, and sexual and reproductive health
  • Increased knowledge of rights

Additional Information Back to Top

Primary Contact

Jamila Razzaq
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Programme Specialist
j.razzaq@unesco.org