Accelerated School Readiness Program
In the absence of comprehensive early childhood education in Côte d’Ivoire, the Accelerated School Readiness (ASR) Program aims to support the government in improving school readiness of children who don’t have access to pre-primary school. The program focuses on getting children ready for school by promoting early learning and socio-emotional development and getting families ready to…
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CLEF – CHILD LEARNING AND EDUCATION FACILITY
Access to Quality Education to Combat Child Labor The Government of Côte d’Ivoire, the Jacobs Foundation, UBS Optimus Foundation and 15 cocoa and chocolate companies are setting up the Child Learning and Education Facility (CLEF), a pooled financing facility to ensure access to quality education as one essential tool for promoting children’s rights and fighting child labor in Côte d’Ivoire. By 2030, CLEF aims to provide quality education for 5 million children and influence the behaviour of 10 million parents. To achieve this goal,…
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ELAN – EARLY LEARNING AND NUTRITION FACILITY
Scaling Early Childhood Development and Nutrition Service Delivery The Government of Côte d’Ivoire, philanthropic organizations that constitute de TRECC consortium (Jacobs, Bernard van Leer, and UBS Optimus Foundations), and 12 companies from the cocoa and chocolate Industry, are establishing the Early Learning and Nutrition (ELAN) Financing Facility, which will support the Ivorian Government in scaling proven-to-work behaviour-change focused Early Childhood Development (ECD) interventions in Côte d’Ivoire. ELAN aims to impact 1.3 million children aged 0 to 5 living in rural cocoa-producing communities of Côte d’Ivoire, so that the latter can achieve their optimal physical, emotional, and cognitive development. By providing caregivers access to ECD and…
Read More →Inclusive Mobile Technologies for Training in Rural Areas
Chalkboard Education, a for-profit education technology company, aims at bridging the skills gap in Africa by maximizing the reach and impact of existing training organizations and initiatives with inclusive and adapted mobile technologies. Chalkboard Education provides the technological framework, allowing organizations and institutions to amplify their impact through the launch of their own mobile training…
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Unlocking Potential Through Education Finance
Initiated by KfW Development Bank and funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the UK Development Finance Institution (CDC), and other public and private investors, the Regional Education Finance Fund for Africa (REFFA) is the first regional education finance facility for Africa. It aims to provide customized financial services for…
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PEC – Teaching at the Right
The Programme d’Enseignemet Ciblé (PEC) was introduced in 2018 to address the learning crisis, whereby many children do not acquire essential foundational skills like reading and arithmetic at the right time, early in primary years. PEC is inspired by the Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) model pioneered since the early 2000s by the Indian…
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Bridging Classes to Give Children a Second Chance
Bridging classes offer out-of-school children aged 9 to 13, including those involved in child labor, a second chance to reintegrate or integrate into formal schooling.
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PALEC – Activity-Based Learning
PALEC (Projet d’Amélioration de la Lecture-Ecriture et du Calcul) was introduced in Côte d’Ivoire to bring about a pedagogical change focused on improving learning outcomes in early grades. It enables students of different grades and levels to learn simultaneously in a classroom at their own pace through an extensive variety of teaching and learning materials.
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Development Media International (DMI) Childhood Project
Development Media International (DMI) was contracted to carry out an Early Childhood Development (ECD) mass media campaign in Côte d’Ivoire. The aim of the campaign is to improve parenting behaviors using mass media and mobile technology over a period of 18 months.
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