Over the past two years, education has experienced enormous disruption. Parents around the world will recognise the challenge of juggling work and supporting their children’s learning at home, an issue further exacerbated in resource-constrained homes, communities, and countries. In Kenya,…
Kyrgyzstan is a landlocked country at the heart of Central Asia. Over 94% of its land is covered by mountains which tower up to 7,000 metres above sea level. Rural communities – which make up more than 63% of the entire population – live amongst these ranges and face unique…
At a time of increasing fragility and with less than a decade remaining to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we launch a new global report on one of the most pressing issues of our time: how to help girls learn better,…
The AKF-led Schools2030 programme is delighted to globally launch the free, open-source HCD Toolkit, which aims to equip educators across 1000 schools with foundational design skills and tools to amplify their work & improve the learning outcomes of students. To…
A significant milestone was recently reached in the emerging Schools2030 story – the teams have launched the Schools2030 Human-Centred Design (HCD) Toolkit in their respective geographies. The Schools2030 programme began in 2019 with the aim of supporting schools to search…
In December 2019, the first workshops were held in Nairobi to familiarise Aga Khan Foundation staff and members of the education network RELI with the Schools2030 Human-Centred Design Toolkit – the free, open source resource developed as part of the…
Launch of a new global report – Delivering girls’ education where the risks are high: Key priorities for programming in fragile contexts’ 26th July | 3:00 – 4:30pm | Online This event brings together key stakeholders in girls’ education to…
Where does a teacher in Pakistan interested in engaging his students in numeracy find relevant pedagogical practices? Or when a teacher in Brazil comes up with a brilliant idea for her home economics class, where does she share it? Currently,…
In August 2020, Kiswa Primary School – one of the largest government-aided schools in Uganda’s capital – joined the Schools2030 programme to begin their Human-Centred Design (HCD) journey, led by a team of six teachers. They wanted to identify some…
When staff at Arua Islamic Nursery School in Uganda first embarked on their Human-Centred Design (HCD) journey with Schools2030, they were unsure where to concentrate their initial efforts. As a design process that puts users first, HCD’s guiding principles required…