Access to Education for All Children in Mali Project (PACETEM)

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

To address the challenges of providing educational opportunities for out-of-school children, EDC leads a consortium of 12 national and international organizations from the Malian Federation of NGOs (FONGIM) that have banded together to implement the Access to Education for All Children in Mali project (PACETEM). In partnership with Educate A Child (EAC), a program of the Education Above All Foundation, PACETEM will increase enrollment and retention of 596,597 of the most vulnerable out-of-school children through strategies targeting specific challenges nationwide. As a part of PACETEM, nongovernmental organizations will raise awareness of the value of schooling, established one-classroom schools in remote populations, use mobile schools to reach nomadic and migrating communities, establish accelerated learning programs, provide intensive remediation classes during the summer months, reach out to families with physically disabled children, and construct new classrooms in overcrowded schools.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Mali

Activity URL

https://www.edc.org/pacetem

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

2018 -

Partner(s)

AMPRODE-Sahel, AMSS, Bornefonden, EDUCO, Handicap International/Humanité et Inclusion, OMAES, SORO

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Primary completion
  • Primary enrollment

Other

  • Other

Quality

  • Curricula/lesson plans
  • School facilities
  • School quality

Skills

  • Literacy
  • Numeracy
  • Other academic performance-related

Cross-cutting areas

  • Migration
  • Other cultural practices

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys (both in school and out of school), Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth

Age

8 - 12

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary

Other populations reached

  • Community leaders
  • Fathers
  • Mothers
  • Other caregivers
  • Religious leaders
  • Teachers - female
  • Teachers - male

Participants include

  • Nomadic groups
  • Other
  • People with disabilities

Program Approaches Back to Top

Access to school

  • Alternative learning centers/mobile schools/home schools

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • Community mobilization
  • General awareness-raising/community engagement

Facilities construction/improvement

  • Construction/improvement of classrooms
  • Construction/improvement of schools

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Increased enrolment in primary school
  • Increased grade attainment
  • Increased primary school completion
  • Reduced absenteeism

Cross-cutting goals

  • Changed social norms
  • Increased advocacy/civic engagement
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms