COVID-19 Response: Inclusive Education
- P Project/Program
I Inactive
Key Information
By prioritising mental health, psychosocial and protection activities, we’re focusing on keeping children safe during this rapidly-changing and challenging time. We’re giving educators the understanding, skills and tools they need to integrate psychosocial support into their work – not just during this immediate crisis, but throughout the recovery phase and beyond.
To ensure that we can keep children learning throughout this crisis and beyond, we’re drawing on the experience and expertise we’ve developed from our existing education programming, including creating technological solutions for out-of-school youth, and encouraging the use of versatile learning resources that can be accessed anywhere.
Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigeria, Rwanda
Government Affiliation
Non-governmental programYears
2020 - 2021
Partner(s)
MESHGuides
Ministry Affiliation
UnknownFunder(s)
Not applicable or unknown
COVID-19 Response
New for COVID-19Geographic Scope
Global / regionalMeets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES
UnknownAreas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Attainment
- Primary enrollment
- Secondary Enrollment
Other
- Remote Learning
Other skills
- Life skills/sexuality education
- Social and emotional learning
Quality
- Curricula/lesson plans
- School quality
- Teacher training
Skills
- Literacy
- Numeracy
Cross-cutting areas
- COVID-19 Response
- Digital literacy
- Emergencies and protracted crises
Program participants
Target Audience(s)
Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth
Age
5 - 18
School Enrolment Status
Some in school
School Level
- Lower primary
- Upper primary
- Lower secondary
- Upper secondary
Other populations reached
Not applicable or unknown
Participants include
Not applicable or unknown
Program Approaches Back to Top
Access to school
- Alternative learning centers/mobile schools/home schools
Curriculum/learning
- Gender-sensitive curricula
- Increased availability of learning materials
- Remedial education/skills
Educational Technology
- Digital devices for the purposes of studying, learning
- Digital learning materials/programs
Health and childcare services
- Adolescent-friendly health services
- Referrals to health services
Life skills education
- Gender, rights and power
Mentoring/psychosocial support
- Teachers as mentors
Other
- Other activities to address/end violence (not captured above)
School-related gender-based violence
- Safe and welcoming schools
- Safe channels/mechanisms for reporting violence
- Support in and around schools (e.g. peer counseling, adult-to-student counseling)
Social/gender norms change
- Engaging parents/caregivers of students or school-age children/adolescents
Teaching
- In-service teacher training – gender-responsive pedagogy
- Teaching materials (e.g. lesson plans, curricula)
Tutoring/strengthening academic skills
- Literacy - in the classroom
- Literacy - outside the classroom
- Numeracy - in the classroom
- Numeracy - outside the classroom
Women's empowerment programs
- Self-help groups (non-financial)
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
- Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
- Increased re-enrolment in school among out-of-school children
- Increased school enrolment (general)
- Increased years of schooling
- Reduced absenteeism
Cross-cutting goals
- Improved critical consciousness
- Improved health - other
- Improved mental health
- Increased agency and empowerment
- More equitable gender attitudes and norms
- Reduced school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV)
- Reduced violence against children in the home