Radio Education

With overworked teachers struggling to provide formal education, we have developed innovative approaches that use radio broadcasts and recorded lessons on CDs and MP3s as the foundation for our lessons. Broadcast lessons are accessible to anyone with a radio, allowing people to learn without having to leave the safety of their home. Students who wish to gain qualifications can enrol in certified courses in their communities. Our trainers are taught how to support their students in conjunction with these broadcasts and recordings in order to help people gain basic literacy and numeracy skills within six months. They do not need a school building for this, all they need is some simple equipment, and time and dedication. Communities are able to plan the time and location of lessons so they are safe and accessible to all the students. Recorded lessons on CD and MP3 have also been used in displacement camps in Somalia and South Sudan. The radio education programme has been run for women, young people and for people living with disabilities – all of whom would otherwise have been denied opportunities to fulfil their potential