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How much time should 4 to 18-year-olds spend at school during a calendar year?

(Contribution to the Global Teacher Blog Series) Gosh, what a difficult question! The answer so depends on where you will be when you are not…

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Poems by Alice Y

Alice Y is a junior staff member at the Pate Bana Marankh school. Passionate about girls’ education and rights, Alice came to EducAid when her…

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There are various models of support to development….

‘Put your hands up if you paid for your own education!’  I often find myself saying to groups that I talk to in the UK…

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The Marple Band’s Music From Musicals Concert for EducAid

by Imaan Sheikh The Marple Band are a highly-regarded, traditional brass band in the Stockport community. They regularly engage in performances, fundraising, charity work and to nurture…

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How are your classrooms teaching the skills to resolve tensions and conflicts so as to find the “common ground” in an increasingly diverse world?

A contribution to the Top Global Teacher Bloggers 2018 Series How are your classrooms teaching the skills to resolve tensions and conflicts so as to…

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Miriam’s First Academic Article Published!

As many of you may know, our Country Director, Miriam Mason is working towards her PhD at the University of Durham. Unsurprisingly, her research relates…

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Literacy Skills for Sierra Leone in 21st Century

To what extent do you believe the literacy skills required for a new world will be more or less the same as they were before?…

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A Day in the Life of an EducAid Volunteer

By Zeinab Makki   In celebration of Volunteers’ Week (1st to 7th June), Zeinab Makki interviews one of EducAid’s most frequent volunteers, retired biology teacher,…

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What kind of teachers will continue to flourish in the Fourth Industrial Revolution?

 A contribution to the Global Teacher Blog Series Photo by Olivia Acland The Fourth Industrial Revolution is reaching Sub-Saharan Africa in bits and pieces.  The…

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A Holistic Learning Approach for All the World’s Students in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

What should an holistic approach to learning look like and how do we shift the focus from the accountability measures in existence now to ones…

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