The Day I Learnt to Read the Word “Refineries.”
In readiness for my holiday visits to my aunt, I remember spending time to master how to read...
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Building Back Better with Communities at the Center
Effort to provide quality learning experiences at home is paramount. We must invest to reduce...
South Asia’s Progress in Tracking Basic Numeracy with a New Assessment
There has been a global shift in focus towards the quality of education under the Sustainable...
International Common Assessment of Numeracy (ICAN) – Tracking Learning in South Asia
Citizen-Led Assessments (CLAs), like the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) in India and...
Learning to Navigate the World by Starting with Basic Numeracy
PAL Network has shown us the way – the large-scale assessment conducted in 13 countries...
International Common Assessment of Numeracy and COVID-19 Crisis
This innovation comes at an opportune time, when the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in school...
One size does not fit all: The reality of the age-grade principle of schooling in the Global South
As the world anticipates a major crisis in education in the aftermath of the global COVID-19...
A New Comparable Learning Assessment Designed in the Global South, For the Global South: Exploring the ICAN 2019 Findings
As we sat on Ambika’s porch, parents from neighbouring houses wandered over. We showed Ambika...
From Crisis to Celebration: An action plan for the way forward when schools re-open
Continuum of learning opportunities needs to be established. Schools will reopen but there may...
ICAN Social Media Messages
PAL Network presents ICAN (International Common Assessment of Numeracy) to the world. ICAN has...
Introducing ICAN (International Common Assessment of Numeracy)- as a Global Learning Metric
PAL Network presents ICAN (International Common Assessment of Numeracy) to the world. ICAN has...
Considerations for Re-Opening Schools Post-Covid-19: Insights from Uwezo Surveys in Uganda
Covid-19 has forced an unprecedented level of school closures, affecting more than 1.7 billion...