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Because I Could Not Read an SMS

As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the World Literacy Day, Rosa Naliaka celebrates two...

Improving learning outcomes in Nigeria: the urgent need to scale up education innovations

In 2014, some colleagues and I sat down to analyze Nigeria’s learning outcomes. What we found...

Are our children learning? The status of education in Tanzania in 2015 and beyond

Among children in Standard 7, many are unable to complete Standard 2 work. Among Standard 7...

Uwezo Uganda Participates at the 4th Annual National Literacy Conference in Kampala, Uganda

Uwezo Uganda participated at the 4th Annual Literacy Conference held on the 20th – 21st of...

Improving learning through simple teaching innovations

What would happen if children were taught by actual learning levels rather than by grade?...

NIGERIAN EDUCATION INNOVATION SUMMIT (NEDIS) 2016

Basic education in Nigeria is facing a broad range of challenges which have contributed to the...

The PAL Network Case: Citizen-led Assessments to Improve Learning

Understanding What Works in Oral Reading Assessments, a new e-book from the UNESCO Institute...

Much Ado about Low-Fee Private Schools

I recently visited an educational establishment in Lagos to conduct some research. For ease...

Reshma’s future

The official ASER statistic – that a quarter of all children in Std VIII cannot read a Std II...

Talking education in Morogoro Urban

Our partner, Safina Women Association, organised the discussion for Morogoro Urban on 13 July...

Talking education in Mkuranga, Pwani

Our partner in Mkuranga, Comprehensive Support to Persons with Disability (COSUPED), presented...

EVIDENCE FOR ACTION Citizen-led learning assessments enable educators, parents and volunteers to close learning gaps in rural India

Citizen volunteer Amol Moghe sets out to conduct learning assessments in a remote village in...