Papua New Guinea: Reinventing learning in the time of coronavirus

  • F Funding Initiative/Portfolio

I Inactive

Key Information

A US$9.44 million GPE grant to PNG will ensure elementary, primary and lower secondary school children can access distance learning and return safely to school when appropriate, while making the education system more resilient to future threats. This funding supported the launch of radio and TV programs to broadcast English, math and science lessons, and provided educational resources for teachers and students on the ministry’s website - accessed by more than 300,000 students, including 168,000 girls - throughout the country.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

East Asia & Pacific

Papua New Guinea

Activity URL

https://www.globalpartnership.org/blog/papua-new-guinea-reinventing-learning-time-coronavirus

Government Affiliation

Government-affiliated program

Years

2020 - 2020

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

National Department of Education

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response

New for COVID-19

Geographic Scope

National

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Primary completion
  • Primary enrollment
  • Primary to secondary transition
  • Secondary completion
  • Secondary Enrollment

Other

  • Remote Learning

Quality

  • School quality
  • Teacher training

Skills

  • Literacy
  • Numeracy

Cross-cutting areas

  • COVID-19 Response
  • Emergencies and protracted crises
  • WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys (both in school and out of school), Fathers, Girls (both in school and out of school), Mothers, Other community members - female, Other community members - male, Teachers - female, Teachers - male, Youth

Age

5 - 18

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

  • People with disabilities

Program Approaches Back to Top

Access to school

  • Alternative learning centers/mobile schools/home schools

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • Community mobilization

Curriculum/learning

  • Increased availability of learning materials
  • Remedial education/skills

Educational Technology

  • Digital devices for the purposes of studying, learning
  • Digital learning materials/programs
  • Digital reading materials (non-textbook)

Increased availability of learning materials

  • Increased availability of Fiction/non-fiction books (paper)
  • Increased availability of Writing materials

Policy/legal environment

  • Developing/promoting new laws/policies

Reducing economic barriers

  • Addressing cost of school supplies

School-related gender-based violence

  • Support in and around schools (e.g. peer counseling, adult-to-student counseling)

Social/gender norms change

  • Engaging parents/caregivers of students or school-age children/adolescents

Teaching

  • In-service teacher training – pedagogy general
  • Teaching materials (e.g. lesson plans, curricula)

Tutoring/strengthening academic skills

  • Literacy - in the classroom
  • Literacy - outside the classroom
  • Numeracy - in the classroom
  • Numeracy - outside the classroom

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Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Increased primary school completion
  • Increased progression to secondary school
  • Increased re-enrolment in school among out-of-school children
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased school enrolment (general)
  • Increased years of schooling
  • Reduced absenteeism
  • Reduced grade repetition

Cross-cutting goals

Not applicable or unknown