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My Village Kickstarted
The project My Village kickstarted with an induction meeting for leaders from the three implementing countries, followed by an ideation meeting, bringing together 18 participants representing Kenya, Nepal, Tanzania, and
ELANA is piloted
ELANA (Early Language, Literacy and Numeracy Assessment), a digital adaptive tool is being developed that covers pre-primary and early primary grade competencies for children aged 4-10 years.
Policy dialogues
PAL Network published a policy brief detailing recommendations from a series of dialogues held between September 2020 and June 2021 on expanding the inclusion of learning opportunities for all. The recommendations from the dialogues
PAL Network’s Second Biennial conference
PAL Network held its second biennial conference themed “Building Better: Ensuring Learning Continuity for All” on November 2-4. The conference provided a forum for evidence-based global debates and the sharing of practices on building back
1st PAL Network book is launched
PAL Network published a book titled: Ensuring All Children Learn: Lessons from the South on What Works in Equity and Inclusion. The book which contains papers from the 2019 PAL
ICAN is launched
International Common Assessment of Numeracy (ICAN); an easy-to-use assessment tool available in 11 languages was launched in June 2020. To tool which is aligned to SDG 4.1.1. (a) and can
PAL Network conference in Kathmandu, Nepal
PAL Network held the two-day biennial conference in Kathmandu, Nepal, from 5th-6th November 2019. The conference resulted in the ‘Kathmandu Declaration’ that reaffirms the network’s commitment to citizen-led household-based assessments
Workshop on Multi-Country Study in Early Grade Numeracy held in Nairobi
PAL Network held a Workshop on Multi- Country Study in Early Grade Numeracy on 29th July to 1st August 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya.
Safeguarding Training held in Nairobi
PAL Network held a Safeguarding training for member organization on 23rd to 26th July 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya.
First Annual General Meeting held in Nairobi
PAL Network held its first Annual General Meeting on 7th March 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya.
WEST AFRICA HUB
The West Africa hub of the PAL Network held its inaugural meeting on the 15th-16th November 2018 in Senegal. The meeting drew participants from Senegal, Nigeria and Mali.
SWAZILAND
Swaziland holds a test development workshop resulting in development of samples of tests in numeracy and literacy (English and Eswatini).
SOUTH ASIA HUB
The South Asia hub of the PAL Network meeting was held in Nepal, hosted by ASER Nepal. The meeting drew participants from India and Pakistan.
GLOBAL
The Steering Committee transitioned to the Advisory Group and held its first meeting in Kampala Uganda.
GLOBAL
The PAL Network Data Quality Standards Framework published and launched through the UNESCO Institute for Statistics Blog and distributed to members.
GLOBAL
17 case studies of actions and intervention programs collected from eight member countries and summarized into an “Assessment to Action” publication.
GLOBAL
A half-day symposium held in Nairobi prior to the Launch of the 2017 GEM Report to expand conversations and fill knowledge gaps on Global Education Trends and SDG4.
GLOBAL
A test development workshop held in Lagos, Nigeria bringing together the experiences and expertise within the PAL Network to improve the assessment development process for current and new network members.
GLOBAL
The first “Teaching at the right level” workshop held in Aurangabad, India to induct network members on the learning intervention approach.
GLOBAL
Leader’s workshop for new countries, to introduce them to the key tenets of CLA, held in India. Consisted of a training, both theory and practice, by the founders of CLA,
GLOBAL
Fourth ‘Family’ Meeting held in Saly, Senegal. Representatives from the 9 PAL Network member countries attend, plus 6 new countries (3 granted provisional membership).
GLOBAL
Four new provisional member countries (Bangladesh, Ghana, Mozambique, Cameroon) join PAL Network.
GLOBAL
Fellowship program launched with two full-time network fellows working in the PAL Network Secretariat.
GLOBAL
Swaziland holds a test development workshop resulting in development of samples of tests in numeracy and literacy (English and Eswatini).
GLOBAL
26 new countries introduced to the citizen-led assessment approach (through presentations and discussions).
GLOBAL
14 new countries exposed to the citizen-led assessment process (through workshops, field visits in PAL Network countries).
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Pilot assessments done in four countries – 2 districts in Nigeria, 2 districts in Bangladesh, 3 districts in Ghana and 1 province (23 districts) in Mozambique.
GLOBAL
The Australian Council for Education Research (ACER) and R4D begin desk reviews of testing tools for ASER India, Uwezo, Bɛɛkunko and Jàngandoo.
GLOBAL
Second “Family” Meeting held in Kampala, Uganda. Representatives from ASER Centre, ASER Pakistan, Uwezo Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, Bɛɛkunko, Jàngandoo attend, plus a team from Mexico and Nigeria.
NIGERIA
A team of one education expert and one Statistician from Nigeria travel to Kenya to attend a two-day workshop on Standards Development for Uwezo in East Africa.
GLOBAL
R4D begins ‘Pathways to Impact’ mapping for external evaluation of ASER India, Uwezo, Bɛɛkunko and Jàngandoo.