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Education
Education technology map: guidance document
Assignment
April 5, 2017

This report serves as a user guide for a mapping exercise of research on the use of technology in low-resource environments. It should be read in conjunction with the map itself: an excel sheet titled ‘Education technology evidence database’. The map and user guide are intended to be resources for all those in the sector… Read more

education technology, evidence, evidence map
Education
Education for refugees and IDPs in low- and middle-income countries: identifying challenges and opportunities
Topic Guide
November 1, 2016

This topic guide is designed to support DFID advisors, education specialists, and other partners working on providing education for refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). It provides an overview of the key issues, and signposts relevant sources for further information and reading. Section 1 provides a brief introduction to the guide. Section 2 gives a global overview of forced displacement and education. Section 3 maps the state of research, policy, and practice in refugee education. Section 4 maps the state of research, policy, and practice in IDP education. Section 5 seeks to identify and explore best practice, and existing and potential future opportunities and innovations, in the field of education and forced displacement. Read more

conflict-affected states, Education in emergencies, education policy, internally displaced persons, Low income countries, middle income countries, refugee education
Education
Lessons learned from introducing value added performance measures in Uganda: DFID think piece
Assignment
September 12, 2016

A school’s success in promoting learning is often measured in terms of the examination results of the students. Value added measures are designed to account for the ability of a school’s intake to provide a fairer and more accurate indication of performance. They are being increasingly used to provide more accurate data about the quality… Read more

Education, Educational Performance, Learning, Uganda
Education
Gender
Social Protection
Literature review: higher education and development
Assignment
June 17, 2016

Research focusing on the links between education, development and social change has a long history; this includes research on higher education investment in low-income countries by external and international development agencies. Analysis of the impact on society of higher education in developing countries emerged alongside post-colonial discourses and modernisation theories. Research generally focused on how… Read more

access to higher education, gender and education, Higher Education, SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals
Education
Equity of access to higher education
Reading Pack
May 17, 2016

The issue Higher education has seen astounding growth across the world in recent decades, and about a third of the population globally now go on to some form of post-secondary study. Yet while there are increasing participation rates in all regions there remain significant disparities, with a gross enrolment ratio of 68% in Europe, 23%… Read more

access to higher education, Equity, Higher Education
Nutrition
How to strengthen the CMAM programme in Northern Nigeria and reduce rates of programme defaulting
Assignment
July 14, 2015

This report presents findings from the operations research (OR) study which was conducted to identify barriers to attendance of the Maternal Neonatal and Child Health Weeks programme (MNCHW), in two states of northern Nigeria  – Jigawa and Zamfara States. The work was a collaborative project between the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Food… Read more

Education
Early childhood development
Topic Guide
December 4, 2014

This topic guide focuses on early childhood development (ECD), which has become a priority for research, policy and programming, at national and global level, with increasing recognition of the interconnections between a nation’s development goals and the quality of services for all young girls and boys, and their families.  The guide summarises evidence across the full age span of ECD,  maps the various sectoral entry points for delivering comprehensive holistic services, and identifies opportunities and challenges in achieving more integrated ECD at every level. Read more

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