Virtual and Distance Learning COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience Program
- P Project/Program
I Inactive
Key Information
The Mastercard Foundation and UNICEF have joined forces to advance the efforts of the Ministry of Education and Ghana Education Service to provide quality and equitable learning opportunities for more than nine million children in Ghana.
As part of the Mastercard Foundation COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience Program, the two-year program, which commenced in June 2020 and runs until May 2022, supports the implementation of virtual and distance learning through radio, SMS, and online learning platforms which will be made available to children across the country.
Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Ghana
Government Affiliation
Government-affiliated programYears
2020 - 2022
Partner(s)
Not applicable or unknown
Ministry Affiliation
Ghana Ministry of EducationFunder(s)
Not applicable or unknown
COVID-19 Response
New for COVID-19Geographic Scope
NationalAreas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Attainment
- Secondary completion
Other
- Remote Learning
Other skills
- Life skills/sexuality education
Quality
- Curricula/lesson plans
- Teacher training
Skills
- Literacy
- Numeracy
Cross-cutting areas
- Community sensitization
- COVID-19 Response
- Digital literacy
- Emergencies and protracted crises
- Empowerment
- 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), Other community members - female, Other community members - male, Parent-teacher associations/school management committees, School administrators, 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
Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization
- Community-based monitoring (e.g. school report cards)
- Community mobilization
- General awareness-raising/community engagement
Curriculum/learning
- Gender-sensitive curricula
Educational Technology
- Computer-assisted learning
- Digital devices for the purposes of studying, learning
- Digital learning materials/programs
- Digital reading materials (non-textbook)
- Digital skills/literacy (including coding)
Increased availability of learning materials
- Educational Radio or Television Programs
- Textbooks (digital)
Other
- Check-in calls or SMS messages by teachers
Policy/legal environment
- Public-private partnerships
School-related gender-based violence
- Support in and around schools (e.g. peer counseling, adult-to-student counseling)
- Training of school personnel (including teachers)
Social/gender norms change
- Engaging parents/caregivers of students or school-age children/adolescents
- Work with community leaders
Teaching
- Diagnostic feedback
- In-service teacher training – gender-responsive pedagogy
- In-service teacher training – pedagogy general
- Teacher incentives
- Teaching materials (e.g. lesson plans, curricula)
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 completion (general)
- Increased school enrolment (general)
- Reduced absenteeism
- Reduced grade repetition
Cross-cutting goals
- Changed social norms
- Improved sexual and reproductive health
- Increased advocacy/civic engagement
- Increased knowledge of HIV, puberty, and sexual and reproductive health