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All resources on education and development including materials on access and participation; adult, higher and vocational education; curriculum, learning, and teaching; education and health; girls’ education; policy finance and governance; quality of learning outcomes; sex education; and violence, conflict and emergencies.
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Education
The role of the private sector in skills development
Blog
February 22, 2016

Evidence suggests that the provision and access to skills is unequal across different contexts. Marginalised groups are less likely to be able to access skills. Also, gender stereotypes may limit access to skills development, with women and girls being worst affected. Globally, 3 billion people are under 25 years of age, with almost 90 per… Read more

Private Sector, Skills, TVET
Education
Improving early grade learning outcomes in Uganda
Assignment
February 22, 2016

DFID Uganda is re-engaging in the education sector after several years. This is the final report on a process of identifying and appraising options for supporting improvements in early grade learning outcomes, conducted by a team of consultants under the direction of the DFID Uganda Education Adviser. The strategic case for intervening to improve learning… Read more

Education financing, Education funding, primary education, Uganda
Education
Adapting to Survive and Prosper in the Education Jungle
Blog
February 19, 2016

The move into the sustainable development era in 2015 with the agreement of global goals has in tandem also seen growing academic interest and practitioner action research into the concept of flexible and adaptive programming.   The ODIs Adapting development: improving services to the poor clearly makes the case that ‘more of the same’ will not… Read more

Education
Gender
Primary education interventions in Malawi
Helpdesk Report
February 15, 2016

This rapid review identified a number of resources on primary education interventions in Malawi. Section 2 highlights literacy interventions. The Early Grade Reading Project (EGRP), funded by USAID, aims to strengthen teaching methodologies, develop appropriate learning materials, increase parental and communal support for reading, and improve the policy environment for reading. Evaluation of this project… Read more

Malawi, primary education
Education
Pauline Rose on unequal learning in education
HEART talks
February 11, 2016

Pauline Rose is a professor of international education at the University of Cambridge and director of the Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre. In this video Pauline discusses findings from a HEART think piece: How can education systems become equitable by 2030?, written by herself and Ben Alcott. She speaks about inequalities in access to education… Read more

pauline rose, unequal learning
Education
EQUIP-Tanzania Adaptive Programming Reflections: Mid-Term Review January 2016
Assignment
February 9, 2016

A science of delivery underscores the importance of a data-driven and rigorous process to understand what works, under what conditions, why, and how. Too often in international development, conclusions are made without understanding counterfactuals and the assumption is that we can replicate success without understanding its constituent elements. Traditional development models capture knowledge when it… Read more

Adaptive Programming
Education
Simon McGrath on skills and Technical Vocation Education and Training (TVET)
HEART talks
February 8, 2016

In this video, Simon McGrath from University of Nottingham, discusses the importance of skills and Technical Vocation Education and Training (TVET). Simon was the expert adviser for the DFID commissioned Skills Topic Guide, which focused on skills immediately necessary for employment and increased productivity. The guide explores the role of TVET skills, which are concerned… Read more

education reform, evidence, Skills, TVET
Education
The role and impact of philanthropic and religious schools in developing countries
Document Library
February 5, 2016

This report summarises the findings of a rigorous review on the role and impact of philanthropic and religious schools in developing countries. A prior review initially sought to cover all types of non-state schools, but was subsequently separated into two parts. The first reviewed the role and impact of private schools in developing countries. The… Read more

Education, Non-State Schools, philanthropic, religious schools
Education
Skills
Topic Guide
January 28, 2016

This topic guide is focused on skills immediately necessary for employment and increased productivity. It focuses on technical and vocational education and training (TVET) skills, which are concerned with the acquisition of knowledge and skills for the world of work. The importance and value of obtaining basic skills is recognised as a pre-requisite for higher order skills development. This document was written between July and December 2015 and includes evidence that was available at this time. Read more

Education
Health
Nutrition
“If we eat well, we can study”: dietary diversity in the everyday lives of children in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India
Document Library
January 27, 2016

This paper investigates young people’s and their caregivers’ experiences of food insecurity, diet and eating practices in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in India. It also provides original child-focused evidence on perceptions of government food programmes such as the Midday Meal Scheme and the Targeted Public Distribution System. The paper analyses three rounds of longitudinal qualitative… Read more

Child health, child nutrition, Children, food security, low-income households, nutrition and learning
Education
Nutrition
School meals as a safety net: an evaluation of the midday meal scheme in India
Document Library
January 27, 2016

Despite the popularity of school meals, there is little evidence on their effect on health outcomes. This study uses newly available longitudinal data from the state of Andhra Pradesh in India to estimate the impact of the introduction of a national midday meal programme on anthropometric z-scores of primary school students, and investigates whether the… Read more

Child health, child nutrition, Children, India, nutrition and learning, primary school, school feeding
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