Ten Point Call to Action on Education during COVID-19

  • A Advocacy Campaign/Project

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Key Information

This 10 point call to action for Education during Covid-19 provides guidance to staff and partners working on education to effectively engage with governments in their respective countries and guide advocacy messaging to ensure that education is kept high on governments’ agenda. It also provides links to additional resources for information and reference.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)

Global

Activity URL

https://actionaid.org/publications/2020/actionaids-education-response-covid-19#downloads

Government Affiliation
Non-governmental program
Years

2020 -

Partner(s)

Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) Teacher Task Force

Ministry Affiliation
Unknown
Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response
New for COVID-19
Geographic Scope
Global / regional
Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  
Unknown
Areas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Other skills
  • Life skills/sexuality education
Quality
  • Curricula/lesson plans
  • School quality
  • Teacher training
Skills
  • Other academic performance-related
Cross-cutting areas
  • COVID-19 Response
  • Emergencies and protracted crises
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs
Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys (both in school and out of school), Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth

Age

5 - 18

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary
  • Tertiary
Other populations reached
  • Community leaders
  • School administrators
  • Teachers - female
  • Teachers - male
Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top
Access to school
  • Alternative learning centers/mobile schools/home schools
Curriculum/learning
  • Gender-sensitive curricula
  • Increased availability of learning materials
  • Remedial education/skills
Educational Technology
  • Digital learning materials/programs
Food/nutrition
  • School feeding
Reducing economic barriers
  • Addressing cost of school supplies
Teaching
  • Hiring more teachers (both men and women)
  • Teaching materials (e.g. lesson plans, curricula)
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Increased grade attainment
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased school enrolment (general)
  • Reduced absenteeism
Cross-cutting goals
  • Changed social norms
  • Improved mental health
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms
Additional Information Back to Top
Primary Contact
ActionAid International