Asia Pacific Region National Education Coalitions COVID-19 Zoom Conference
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Key Information
As the impact of the coronavirus pandemic was taking hold, flights ceased, and national borders were closed, ASPBAE convened the first all-in Zoom online meeting of the national education coalitions in the Asia Pacific region. Thirty-one participants from 18 coalitions joined: Nepal, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Samoa, along with ASPBAE coalition capacity support staff.
The purpose of the meeting was to gain a sense of how respective government measures regarding the coronavirus are impacting on education, how coalitions have been able to respond, and the key education issues that are being raised in each country (ASPBAE Statement on COVID-19). The meeting was also an opportunity for ASPBAE to update the coalitions on initiatives by global education organisations such as the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) and UNESCO, and on SDG processes in relation to COVID-19 especially.
Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Years
2020 -
Location(s)
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Vanuatu, Viet Nam
Funders
Not applicable or unknown
Partners
Not applicable or unknown
National Campaign for Education-Nepal E-Net- Philippines All for Education (AFE)- Mongolia Afghanistan National Education Coalition (ANEC) Campaign for Popular Education (CAMPE) Civil Society Education Partnership (CSEP)
COVID-19 Response
New for COVID-19Government Affiliation
UnknownMinistry Affiliation
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Education areas
Quality
- School quality
- Teacher training
Skills
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Other academic performance-related
Cross-cutting areas
- COVID-19 Response
- Emergencies and protracted crises
- Gender equality
- Nutrition
- WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)
Program participants
Target Audience(s)
Boys in school, Girls in school, School administrators, Teachers - female, Teachers - male
Age
5 - 18
School Enrolment Status
All in school
School Level
- Lower primary
- Upper primary
- Lower secondary
- Upper secondary
Other populations reached
Not applicable or unknown
Participants include
Not applicable or unknown
Program Approaches Back to Top
Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization
- Community-based monitoring (e.g. school report cards)
- Technical assistance/capacity building to civil society organizations
Curriculum/learning
- Increased availability of learning materials
Educational Technology
- Digital devices for the purposes of studying, learning
- Digital learning materials/programs
- Online training
Food/nutrition
- Community food production
Increased availability of learning materials
- Textbooks (digital)
Life skills education
- Gender, rights and power
Other
- Informational interventions (e.g. returns to education)
Policy/legal environment
- Advocating changes to existing laws/policies
School-related gender-based violence
- Support in and around schools (e.g. peer counseling, adult-to-student counseling)
- Training of school personnel (including teachers)
Social/gender norms change
- Engaging parents/caregivers of students or school-age children/adolescents
Teaching
- Teacher incentives
- Teaching materials (e.g. lesson plans, curricula)
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
- Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
- Increased school enrolment (general)
- Reduced absenteeism
- Reduced grade repetition
Cross-cutting goals
- More equitable gender attitudes and norms
Additional Information Back to Top
Primary Contact
- Medha Soni
- Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education (ASPBAE)
- Information and Communications Coordinator