@sarahsackman What brilliant news!! So well deserved - congratulations!!
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Jenny Groot
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Jenny Groot
@JennyGroot_PEAS
Chief Programme Officer @PEASchools Passionate about African education.
London Katılım Ağustos 2011
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It is as honour to have been asked to serve as Solicitor General - here is my statement:
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Getting ready to start our workshop at #cies2024 at 9.30 - now in Hibiscus A on Terrace Level if anyone would like to join last minute to identify challenges and solutions in secondary education!
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Our 6th school in 🇿🇲 was officially opened on Thursday by 🇬🇧Foreign Secretary @JamesCleverly, who spoke about the power of girls' education.
PEAS supports girls to overcome barriers & thrive in a safe school environment - read this blog to find out how. peas.org.uk/latest-from-pe…
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Going on mat leave on Friday from a job I love but can already barely afford to do and this is making me feel pretty darn excited
Pippa Crerar@PippaCrerar
EXCL: A £4bn expansion of free childcare for one and two-year-olds in England to be announced in budget tomorrow theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/m…
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PEAS George, Kawama, and Mushili Secondary Schools took part in a march to honour #InternationalWomensDay in Ndola, Zambia, on March 8.
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And brings with it new risks that schools need help tackling - particularly safeguarding as families send their children to live with minimal supervision in nearby towns to access a secondary school.
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These kind of trends are too often forgotten when thinking about the future of education. The "rise of small-town Africa" is a huge opportunity for the growth of secondary education which is much more cost-efficient to deliver that way due to scale and teacher accessibility.
John McDermott@johnpmcdermott
There's been lots of great stuff written about African megacities such as Lagos and Kinshasa But they miss something: the rise of small-town Africa My piece this week is about how the growth of second cities and towns is transforming the continent economist.com/middle-east-an…
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So often we are asked to try new programmes out because they are cheap or "easy" and so often we have to give the unpopular answer that we just aren't prepared to distract school leaders if evidence shows it won't make a big enough difference to students.
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Helpful guide to cost-effectiveness thinking - from an implementer's and government partner's perspective I particularly value the point David makes about what "distracts teams with limited operational capacity from programs that will deliver big impacts".
David Evans@DaveEvansPhD
You’ve got an education program, and you’re confident that it’s having an impact. But is it worth the cost? cgdev.org/blog/cost-anal… Here are a few resources and cautions for cost-effectiveness analysis in education.
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@JennyGroot_PEAS I was there, and it was a great presentation.
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Calling all those at #CIES2023 today - at 1.30pm EST a great opportunity to hear from the truly inspirational Daniel Kyasanga who brings a wealth of experience running and supporting rural schools in Uganda and loads of great ideas ready for national scale
PEAS (Promoting Equality in African Schools)@PEASchools
Join Daniel Kyasanga from PEAS Uganda who will discuss approaches to supporting and empowering teachers and schools to secure quality equitable learning in uncertain times at @cies_us on 22 February 1:30-3:00 pm EST at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Washington. #CIES2023 pic.twitter.com/gOIfYwIYWJ
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Hearing how @PEASchools deliver better learning outcomes, for poorer children, more cost-effectively than comparison secondary schools. Eval found cost per child is 27% lower. Truly, a “Smart Buy” @FCDOGEC @FCDOEducation #CIES2023
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I love this. Shows what a ridiculous world we live in that I find the thought of doing the same absolutely terrifying.
bbc.co.uk/news/world-afr…
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Let's hope 2023 is the year we get back to a full three terms of learning for all students!
PEAS (Promoting Equality in African Schools)@PEASchools
Good luck to PEAS Uganda students as they as they return to the classroom for 2023! This year, we have ambitious plans to help even more students access high quality education. If you would like to support PEAS to achieve our goals, you can donate here: peas.org.uk/donate
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Such a relief to see Uganda announced as Ebola free today! After closing schools early to limit the spread, it's good news that all should be on track to open on time next month for hopefully the first non-disrupted year since 2019! monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/na…
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It still surprises me how many otherwise well-informed people don't know just how huge (and growing) Africa's young population are, and what a massive opportunity it is for the world if they get the education they deserve.
João Pedro Azevedo@jpazvd
#China age-cohort peaked in 1977 at 375M #India age-cohort peaked in 2008 at 385M Today, Sub-Saharan #Africa has 500M children from 0-14! The size and growth rate of such age-cohort is historically unprecedented. The solutions for Africa are in Africa! #EndLearningPoverty
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As an extrovert one of my most hated tasks is reviewing a 50+ page doc. Still this parent quote made my day:
"PEAS is about everyone whether intelligent or not, they believe no one is dull ... they feed them during lunch, so they pick anyone whether they passed or failed"
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Sad news for Uganda. After one of the longest school closures in the world, schools are closing once more due to Ebola.
The Observer@observerug
#Ebola: Minister of Education Janet Museveni has ordered all #Uganda's pre-primary, primary & secondary schools to close for 3rd term holidays on Nov 25 - earlier than the Dec 9 schedule. Museveni says 23 children have been infected so far, of which 8 have died #education
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Personally finding it a good reminder as I sit here moaning about the nausea and aches of my own pregnancy despite my very comfy chair and limitless snacks.
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And they are still walking miles to school. Still often only getting one meal a day - the free lunch PEAS provides. Still sitting on hard wooden benches for hours on end. And now facing exams that will determine their futures.
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This time of year students across PEAS schools in Uganda and Zambia are sitting end of school exams. As every year, several of those students will be pregnant.
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