Are refugee children learning in Kenya? 🇰🇪 Researchers compares literacy outcomes in English and Kiswahili in refugee children with those Kenyan nationals outside the camps. Benjamin Piper SarahDryden-Peterson Vidur Chopra Celia Reddick @celiareddick.bsky.social Oyanga, Arbogast ➡️buff.ly/3RAdqDp

I really enjoyed this study, though the learning outcome results were just so low.

SO PROUD of Central Square Foundation's #TicTacLearn team earning YouTube Silver Play Button for Senior Hindi channel launched ~120 days ago💪🥳 Thank You team for incredible work in creating TTL content of 14k high quality learning videos in 7 languages❤️ #SabkaEdTech #AllChildrenLearning

We are excited to share that the Human Capital Africa presidential-level briefing on foundational learning will take place in Accra, Ghana, on July 16, 2024, from 08 to 10 AM.

"90% learning poverty must be a thing of the past. We need to show the world, Africa is no longer the land of #learningpoverty. We the leaders of education should take charge in addressing the #learningcrisis." Dr,Yaw Osei Adutwum, Minister of Education, Ghana

📢 High-level engagement with #FLN Human Capital Africa CEO Oby Ezekwesili said Heads of States can play the role of Chief Learning Officer. As demonstrated by President Nana Akufo-Addo 🇬🇭 setting out their achievements & plans and President Hakainde Hichilema 🇿🇲commitment to be a #FLN champion

Human Capital Africa Oby Ezekwesili Nana Akufo-Addo Hakainde Hichilema Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition UNESCO Ghana School for Life, Ghana Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) HQ ADEA Results UK Learning Changes Everything PAL Network 📈 Evidence-based solutions Benjamin Piper from Gates Foundation explained that "FLN is a solvable problem that has technical solutions" Sharing the benefits structured pedagogy and teaching at the right level bring, with case studies of #India and #Zambia

Clear direction on foundational learning from His Excellency, President of Ghana.

In a landmark gathering, days before the African Union Mid-Year Summit, hosted by H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana, Human Capital Africa, and Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, African leaders issued an urgent call to action to address Africa's learning crisis.

ESSA and REALCentre Cambridge are excited to kick off our second Grant Proposal Writing Workshop in Accra, Ghana! Thanks to Gates Foundation, we are supporting 25 researchers from 10 African countries to enhance Foundational Learning. Stay tuned for updates! #ESSAREALCentreWorkshop

The new National Education Policy 2020 (#NEP2020) was launched on 29 July four years ago. One of its key recommendations was to ensure that all children acquire Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (#FLN) skills by the time they reach grade 3. To drive this, the Ministry of Education

Great work of @unicef, Gates Foundation and KNBStats to improve quality of data in foundational skills in Kenya. This is essential to monitor students progress and ensure that in the system and in each classroom students are having the right learning experience.

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💡 Scaling good teaching practices is key to transforming education systems. Learn how the Global Coalition for Foundational Learning is making a difference @unicef Gates Foundation @usaid @worldbank World Bank Education Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Global Partnership for Education |globalpartnership.org/blog/foundatio…

Our Central Square Foundation journey on #FLN started in partnership with Gates Foundation in 2018- from ideating on #SystemReform for #AllChildrenLearning to contributing to vision & work on #NEP2020 & #NIPUN & #SabkaEdTech, we are just getting started💪 Read more in our #AnnualReport 2023-24

Commissioner for ESTI launches the End Learning Poverty for All in Africa initiative at the #FLN Conference 2024, reaffirming our commitment to foundational learning for every child across the continent. #ReadWriteCount #YearofEducation

New article out on structured pedagogy with Peggy Dubeck. Good timing for #LiteracyDay

Check out Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel (GEEAP) panelist Benjamin Piper's recent co-authored article on structured pedagogy in relation to foundational learning #GEEAP #Evidence #Education

As we aim to #ProtectEducationFromAttack, let's remember that 89% of school-aged children in Africa cannot read basic texts by age 10. It's time to ensure all children have access to materials, funding, resources, teacher training, and #Foundationallearning interventions.

Literacy and numeracy rates in low and middle-income countries continue to lag behind that of their high-income neighbors. Following #WorldLiteracyDay, learn more about our work to bridge this divide: gates.ly/3MFhkbg