Lobby Groups Push for Empowerment, Innovation in Education


Foundation: Gates Foundation

"We must be agile and innovative, embracing not only technological advancements but also pedagogies and programs that engage and empower learners."

Those are the words of John Mugo, CEO of Zizi Africa, and they're part of a push by education stakeholders in Kenya to make the country's education system more equity-focused.

The New York Times reports on the initiative, which was launched by the East African Philanthropy Network and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, with a particular focus on improving access to education in the country's rural and under-served areas.

"Innovative practices in education could meet the needs of today's learners," Evans Okinyi, CEO of the East African Philanthropy Network, said in a statement, per the Nairobi Standard.

Okinyi says current policies, including the country's current education funding model, don't go far enough in addressing equity gaps.

For example, the Times reports that more than half of Kenya's secondary school students are from poor families, and many of those families lack the means to send their children to school.

"The poor could be further marginalised unless the tool and process are implemented with integrity," Okinyi says.

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Ganesh Natarajan is the Founder and Chairman of 5FWorld, a new platform for funding and developing start-ups, social enterprises and the skills eco-system in India. In the past two decades, he has built two of India’s high-growth software services companies – Aptech and Zensar – almost from scratch to global success.




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