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School Improvement: Approaches and Measurement by EDUnite

Thu, March 29, 11:30am to 1:00pm, Hilton Reforma, Floor: 10th Floor, Suite 1 (Room 1001)

Group Submission Type: Panel Session

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Worldwide, 250 million children in school are not learning effectively. Teachers have to teach large classes and lack essential teaching skills. In low income countries, only 51% of the students pass the final exams. Most of them lack the essential competencies to continue their education and become active and productive citizens. UNESCO GMR 2016 stresses that quality education (SDG 4) is key to the realization of all other SDG’s.

Despite national laws and policies and international agreements on education, there are many hiccups in realizing education quality. This ranges from lack of resources and capacity problems to content issues related to the very effectiveness and relevance of teaching and learning. Too many children worldwide are either out of school, drop out or are not learning properly.
In the first place quality improvement starts with a decent learning environment, well-trained, motivated teachers and competent school management. But all of this cannot flourish without the co-responsibility and co-ownership of the beneficiaries: children and youth, their family/caregivers and the community. It is only in partnership that performance can be monitored and quality enforced and improved.

EDUnite is a new network of European and African NGOs working in the area of education.

This panel discusses different ways of addressing school improvement; what & how to measure, who to involve and how to ensure ownership and accountability?

LINK: Malawi, Evidence based school improvement
EDUstar approach: how to measure quality?
EDU-Q: quality card for schools to become self-learning institutions.

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