Remote Learning Educational Response for COVID-19

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

The Distance Learning project is an educational response to COVID-19, from the Ministry of Education. It fundamentally aims to reduce the risks of the social impacts of the coronavirus on children's education. It aims to support the continuation of quality learning, while protecting the health and well-being of approximately 30,000 students and 1,886 teachers, supervisors, delegates involved in the scope of the project with short, medium term interventions.

The planned interventions will be carried out safely, in order to guarantee the continuity of learning and the well-being of children, especially the most vulnerable affected by the pandemic. The program focuses on the implementation of distance learning using all means of communication and the creation of learning and security conditions for the period of the pandemic and the reopening of schools. 


Lead Implementing Government(s)

Sao Tome and Principe

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Sao Tome and Principe

Government Affiliation

Government-affiliated program

Years

2020 -

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Ministry of Education

COVID-19 Response

New for COVID-19

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Other

  • Remote Learning

Quality

  • School quality
  • Teacher training

Skills

  • Literacy
  • Numeracy

Cross-cutting areas

  • COVID-19 Response
  • Menstrual hygiene management
  • Nutrition
  • Violence (at home, in relationships)
  • WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys (both in school and out of school), Girls (both in school and out of school)

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

  • School administrators
  • Teachers - female
  • Teachers - male

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • General awareness-raising/community engagement

Curriculum/learning

  • Increased availability of learning materials

Educational Technology

  • Digital learning materials/programs

Food/nutrition

  • Food for peace/relief
  • Other nutritional supplementation

Increased availability of learning materials

  • Educational Radio or Television Programs

Menstrual hygiene management

  • Sanitary product distribution

Mentoring/psychosocial support

  • Teachers as mentors

Teaching

  • In-service teacher training – pedagogy general

Water and sanitation

  • Improved water access

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Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Increased literacy
  • Increased numeracy

Cross-cutting goals

  • Improved mental health
  • Improved nutrition