UKAID-USAID ACCELERE!
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Key Information
Jointly funded and managed by UKAID and USAID, ACCELERE! is the name of our joint flagship education programme in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). By working together, we can support more children to access high quality education and have a shared policy voice with more influence. ACCELERE! supports the Government of DRC better to deliver universal primary education through increased access to education, and by improving learning outcomes for girls and boys. The project aims to reduce barriers to primary education by providing access to alternative/accelerated learning programmes. It will also improve the quality of primary education through teacher training and the provision of new learning/teaching materials. To build sustainable sector improvements for the long term, ACCELERE! supports better governance of the education sector at all levels. ACCELERE! targets eight provinces across DRC including those which are affected by conflict and displacement.
Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Government Affiliation
Non-governmental programYears
2014 - 2022
Partner(s)
Chemonics, Mott MacDonald Limited, International Business & Technical Consultants Inc. (IBTCI)
Ministry Affiliation
UnknownCOVID-19 Response
UnknownGeographic Scope
NationalMeets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES
UnknownAreas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Attainment
- Primary completion
- Primary enrollment
Quality
- School quality
Skills
- Literacy
- Numeracy
Cross-cutting areas
- No additional topics
Program participants
Other populations reached
- Boys out of school
- Girls out of school
- Parent-teacher associations/school management committees
- School administrators
- Teachers - male
Participants include
Not applicable or unknown
Program Approaches Back to Top
Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization
- Community mobilization
- Parent Teacher Associations (PTA)
- School management committees
- Technical assistance/capacity building to civil society organizations or governments
Curriculum/learning
- Increased availability of learning materials
Policy/legal environment
- Advocating changes to existing laws/policies
- Developing/promoting new laws/policies
- Raising awareness about existing laws/policies
Reducing economic barriers
- Addressing cost of school supplies
- Reducing/eliminating school fees
Social/gender norms change
- Engaging parents/caregivers of students or school-age children/adolescents
- Work with religious leaders
Teaching
- In-service teacher training – pedagogy general
- Teaching materials (e.g. lesson plans, curricula)
Tutoring/strengthening academic skills
- Literacy - in the classroom
- Numeracy - in the classroom
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
- Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
- Improved social and emotional learning/skills and mindsets
- Increased enrolment in primary school
- Increased grade attainment
- Increased primary school completion
- Increased re-enrolment in school among out-of-school children
- Increased years of schooling
Cross-cutting goals
- Increased advocacy/civic engagement
- More equitable gender attitudes and norms
Additional Information Back to Top
Primary Contact
- Becky Telford
- U.K. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
- Education Adviser - SRO
- b-telford@dfid.gsx.gov.uk