International

Covid-19 insights

Gathering global experience and sharing our knowledge to improve quality and inclusivity of education for all

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Reimagining education amid Covid-19: lessons from Jordan

How did schools in Jordan adjust to the sudden shift to distance learning and what can we learn from the country’s approach to inclusive education during the pandemic? Learning Bridges is an innovative blended learning model adopted by Ministry of Education in Jordan in partnership with UNICEF and EdDevTrust. To date, the programme has enabled half a million children to continue their engagement with education during Covid related school closures.

Promising practices for a post-pandemic renewal of learning: lessons from Global Dialogue 2021

Following our Global Dialogue event earlier this year, our latest report draws on the rich discussions from the event to develop our thinking on some of the key ways in which we may be able to improve education for all as the world recovers from Covid-19. In it, we consider the importance of evidence and data in informing interventions and solution design, the need for mechanisms for participation and problem-solving and the significance of harnessing community and parental engagement.

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GEC Kenya: Helping girls into vocational training in the time of Covid-19

In Kenya, our Girls’ Education Challenge project is helping girls into vocational training to help them set up their own businesses. Among the more than 3,700 girls who have benefitted from bursaries for secondary schooling or vocational training, several are now employed to make protective face masks to combat the spread of Covid-19.

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Emerging country-level responses to providing educational continuity under Covid-19: what’s working?

As Covid-19 has forced governments around the world to close schools, policy responses to ensuring educational continuity are rapidly changing. As countries formulate and implement their strategies for education provision, our report examines the key themes emerging in the worldwide policy landscape and assesses which approaches are – and which are not – working well.

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Supporting home learning in Rwanda during Covid-19 lockdown

In the face of Covid-19, school closures and lockdowns are affecting children all over the world. At Education Development Trust, we are working hard to support governments and school system leaders to help mitigate the effect of the Covid-19, not only through our research and consultancy services, but also through our existing programmes. In Rwanda, our Building Learning Foundations programme has rapidly adapted to help support pupils in this unusual time.