Equity with Quality and Learning at Secondary (EQUALS)

  • F Funding Initiative/Portfolio

A Active

Key Information

The Equity with Quality and Learning at Secondary Project of Malawi has the proposed development objective to improve quality of science and mathematics instruction in Community Day Secondary Schools (CDSSs) and increase access to secondary education in selected remote areas. This project was comprised of three components: (1) Improving the quality of science and mathematics instruction. (2) Enhancing equitable access to secondary education. (3) Project coordination, learning, monitoring and evaluation which will follow the traditional input-based project funding approach to facilitate project operations.


Lead Implementing Government(s)

Malawi

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Malawi

Government Affiliation

Government-affiliated program

Years

2019 - 2025

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Malawi Ministry of Education, Science and Technology

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

  • Secondary completion

Skills

  • Numeracy
  • STEM

Cross-cutting areas

Not applicable or unknown


Program participants

Target Audience(s)

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

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Tutoring/strengthening academic skills

  • Numeracy - in the classroom
  • STEM - in the classroom

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)

Cross-cutting goals

Not applicable or unknown