Distance Learning for Higher Education

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I Inactive

Key Information

The higher education intervention will increase the opportunities for adolescent girls and young women to attend university or pursue open and distance learning certificate, diploma, and degree programs and focus on high-demand employment subjects and training for increased economic impact. Support for shorter term post-secondary training programs will focus on high growth sectors that take into account the needs of Malawian employers or opportunities for selfemployment. This will inform ways to support internships and other on-the-job training partnerships, particularly with private companies and local business leaders. The project will also enhance the capacities of Malawian institutions of higher learning (universities and colleges) to admit more students, through strategies such as online and distance learning, and to design courses and programs that more directly address the job market needs in Malawi


Lead Implementing Government(s)

Malawi

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Malawi

Government Affiliation

Government-affiliated program

Years

2018 - 2022

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Malawi Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST)

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Other

  • Remote Learning
  • Transition from school to work

Other skills

  • Financial literacy

Skills

  • Literacy
  • Numeracy

Cross-cutting areas

Not applicable or unknown


Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Tertiary

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Educational Technology

  • Online training

Learning while working

  • Apprenticeship/internship

Reducing economic barriers

  • Financial literacy training
  • Income-generating activities
  • Vouchers/grants

Teaching

  • Teaching materials (e.g. lesson plans, curricula)

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Improved critical thinking
  • Increased grade attainment
  • Increased years of schooling

Cross-cutting goals

  • Improved financial literacy and savings
  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • Increased employment/job-related skills
  • More equal power in relationships
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms