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Project

The Forum of African Women Educationalists’ gender-sensitive school model as an innovative response to the challenge of gender equality
 

Burundi
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Madagascar
Mali
Project ID
109541
Total Funding
CAD 1,196,100.00
IDRC Officer
Taib Fall
Project Status
Active
Duration
33 months

Programs and partnerships

Lead institution(s)

Summary

Accessing, completing, and succeeding in school have been a major challenges for girls in Africa. Compared to boys, girls are more likely to be out of school, and they face more obstacles to their progress, participation, and learning than boys.Read more

Accessing, completing, and succeeding in school have been a major challenges for girls in Africa. Compared to boys, girls are more likely to be out of school, and they face more obstacles to their progress, participation, and learning than boys. COVID-19 has now exacerbated these difficulties by keeping girls away from school for a long period of time, exposing them to early marriages, sexual assaults, and teen pregnancies.

This project seeks to provide education policymakers in Burundi, Madagascar, Mali, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with a proven school model that is gender-sensitive in its design and operation that can be scaled to more effectively support girls’ success in school. The model is designed to equip teachers with knowledge, skills, and attitudes that enable them to respond adequately to the learning needs of girls and boys through the implementation of gender-aware classroom processes and practices. Teachers are trained to learn and adopt teaching practices that engender equal treatment and participation of girls and boys in the classroom and in the wider school community.

The research design integrates both quantitative and qualitative methods and approaches. To assess the model’s effectiveness, the project will compare schools that have holistically applied the model (in Burundi and Madagascar) with those that implemented specific parts of the model in Mali and the DRC.

This project is funded through the Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (KIX), which aims to improve policies and practices that will strengthen national education systems within member countries of the Global Partnership for Education. It is one of six projects selected through a regional call for proposals entitled “Generating and mobilizing innovative knowledge for regional education challenges” in the Africa 21 region, which comprises Francophone and Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) countries.

About the partnership

Partnership(s)

Knowledge and Innovation Exchange

KIX will accelerate the generation and uptake of evidence and innovation in the education sector