Returning to Learning During Crises: Decision-making and Planning Tools for Education Leaders
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Key Information
This toolkit is for USAID Mission staff and their partner national and local education officials, implementing partners, and administrators and educators of education institutions. It helps education planners plan and make key decisions on the return to learning during and after education disruptions caused by crises, such as COVID-19, in a way that is equitable, inclusive, and builds the resilience of education systems.
Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)
Global
Government Affiliation
UnknownYears
2020 - 2020
Partner(s)
Not applicable or unknown
Ministry Affiliation
N/AFunder(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 completion
- Primary enrollment
- Primary to secondary transition
- Secondary completion
- Secondary Enrollment
Other skills
- Life skills/sexuality education
- Rights/empowerment education
Quality
- Curricula/lesson plans
- School facilities
- School quality
- Teacher training
Skills
- Literacy
- Numeracy
Cross-cutting areas
- COVID-19 Response
- Emergencies and protracted crises
- Gender equality
- WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)
Program participants
Target Audience(s)
Boys (both in school and out of school), Community leaders, Girls (both in school and out of school), Parent-teacher associations/school management committees, School administrators, Teachers - female, Teachers - male, Youth
Age
Not applicable or unknown
School Enrolment Status
Some in school
School Level
- Lower primary
- Upper primary
- Lower secondary
- Upper secondary
- Vocational
- Tertiary
Other populations reached
Not applicable or unknown
Participants include
Not applicable or unknown
Program Approaches Back to Top
Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization
- Community-based monitoring (e.g. school report cards)
- School management committees
- Technical assistance/capacity building to civil society organizations or governments
Curriculum/learning
- Remedial education/skills
Educational Technology
- Digital devices for the purposes of studying, learning
Health and childcare services
- Providing childcare for young mothers
- School-based clinics
Other
- Informational interventions (e.g. returns to education)
- Other activities to address/end violence (not captured above)
- Other activities to end child marriage (not captured above)
- Other activities to end FGM (not captured above)
School-related gender-based 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
- Work with community leaders
Teaching
- In-service teacher training – pedagogy general
- Teacher incentives
- Teaching materials (e.g. lesson plans, curricula)
Tutoring/strengthening academic skills
- Literacy - in the classroom
- Numeracy - in the classroom
- STEM - in the classroom
- Tutoring - general
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
- Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
- Increased grade attainment
- Increased school completion (general)
- Increased school enrolment (general)
- Increased test scores
- Reduced absenteeism
- Reduced grade repetition
Cross-cutting goals
Not applicable or unknown
Additional Information Back to Top
Primary Contact
- Bethany Johnson
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
- Senior Gender and Policy Advisor, Office of Education
- bjohnson@dexisonline.com