Accelerated Education
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Key Information
Recently, ten country teams from throughout Africa gathered in Uganda to attend a hands-on Accelerated Education (AE) training developed by the Accelerated Education Working Group (AEWG) with support from ECCN and USAID. Teams consisted of representatives from Ministries of Education, USAID, the UN, and implementing partners. Organizers carefully selected attendees to ensure that the training would translate into concrete improvements in AE design and delivery in Burundi, DRC, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, and Uganda. The workshop was built around AEWG’s Accelerated Education: 10 Principles for Effective Practice, which are divided into four areas: learners, teachers, program management, and alignment with Ministry of Education policy and frameworks—and which provide concrete action points under each principle to guide and improve program quality. Attendees participated in activities dedicated to each principle to get an in-depth understanding of each area. In addition, each country team presented on its unique AE situation. Participants learned about AE research in Uganda from researchers from the Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO), and Pincer Research, and then used that knowledge to improve their AE learning agendas.
Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)
North America, Sub-Saharan Africa
Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, United States of America
Government Affiliation
Non-governmental programYears
2019 - 2019
Partner(s)
Not applicable or unknown
Ministry Affiliation
UnknownCOVID-19 Response
UnknownGeographic Scope
Global / regionalMeets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES
UnknownAreas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Quality
- School quality
- Teacher training
Skills
- Other academic performance-related
Cross-cutting areas
- Other
Program participants
Other populations reached
- Teachers - female
- Teachers - male
Participants include
Not applicable or unknown
Program Approaches Back to Top
Access to school
- Alternative learning centers/mobile schools/home schools
Policy/legal environment
- Advocating changes to existing laws/policies
- Developing/promoting new laws/policies
Teaching
- Pre-service teacher training – pedagogy general
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
- Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
Cross-cutting goals
- Increased agency and empowerment
- Increased employment/job-related skills