TELESCOLA: Tele-schooling in Mozambique

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Key Information

School may be closed in Mozambique, but each weekday young children stuck at home open their exercise books, turn on the TV, and start their lessons. But they’re not sitting quietly – these children are shouting answers back to the television, building game materials, and learning how to apply the exercises in their books in practical, active ways. They’re part of the new TELESCOLA program that engages Mozambican students in grades 1 to 3 using an experiential, play-based approach.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Mozambique

Activity URL

https://righttoplayusa.org/en/news/keeping-kids-learning-during-school-closures/

Government Affiliation

Government-affiliated program

Years

2020 - 2021

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Mozambique Ministry of Education

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

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

Attainment

  • Primary enrollment

Other

  • Early childhood development
  • Remote Learning

Other skills

  • Rights/empowerment education

Quality

  • Curricula/lesson plans

Skills

  • Literacy
  • Numeracy

Cross-cutting areas

  • COVID-19 Response
  • Emergencies and protracted crises
  • Empowerment
  • Gender equality
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys in school, Girls in school, Youth

Age

6 - 9

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Lower primary

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)

Curriculum/learning

  • Gender-sensitive curricula
  • Remedial education/skills

Educational Technology

  • Digital devices for the purposes of studying, learning
  • Digital learning materials/programs

Increased availability of learning materials

  • Educational Radio or Television Programs

Life skills education

  • Gender, rights and power
  • Social and emotional learning (SEL) skills building

Mentoring/psychosocial support

  • Teachers as mentors

Other

  • Check-in calls or SMS messages by teachers
  • Informational interventions (e.g. returns to education)

School-related gender-based violence

  • Support in and around schools (e.g. peer counseling, adult-to-student counseling)

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

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Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Increased enrolment in primary school
  • Increased grade attainment
  • Increased literacy
  • Increased numeracy
  • Increased re-enrolment in school among out-of-school children
  • Reduced absenteeism
  • Reduced grade repetition

Cross-cutting goals

  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms

Additional Information Back to Top

Primary Contact

Brijpal Patel
Right to Play
Director, Global Program Development
bpatel@righttoplay.com