TELESCOLA: Tele-schooling in Mozambique

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Key Information

School may be closed in Mozambique, but each weekday young children stuck at home open their exercise books, turn on the TV, and start their lessons. But they’re not sitting quietly – these children are shouting answers back to the television, building game materials, and learning how to apply the exercises in their books in practical, active ways. They’re part of the new TELESCOLA program that engages Mozambican students in grades 1 to 3 using an experiential, play-based approach.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Mozambique

Activity URL

https://righttoplayusa.org/en/news/keeping-kids-learning-during-school-closures/

Government Affiliation
Government-affiliated program
Years

2020 - 2021

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation
Mozambique Ministry of Education
Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response
New for COVID-19
Geographic Scope
National
Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  
Unknown
Areas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Attainment
  • Primary enrollment
Other
  • Early childhood development
  • Remote Learning
Other skills
  • Rights/empowerment education
Quality
  • Curricula/lesson plans
Skills
  • Literacy
  • Numeracy
Cross-cutting areas
  • COVID-19 Response
  • Emergencies and protracted crises
  • Empowerment
  • Gender equality
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs
Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys in school, Girls in school, Youth

Age

6 - 9

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
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)
Curriculum/learning
  • Gender-sensitive curricula
  • Remedial education/skills
Educational Technology
  • Digital devices for the purposes of studying, learning
  • Digital learning materials/programs
Increased availability of learning materials
  • Educational Radio or Television Programs
Life skills education
  • Gender, rights and power
  • Social and emotional learning (SEL) skills building
Mentoring/psychosocial support
  • Teachers as mentors
Other
  • Check-in calls or SMS messages by teachers
  • Informational interventions (e.g. returns to education)
School-related gender-based violence
  • Support in and around schools (e.g. peer counseling, adult-to-student counseling)
Teaching
  • In-service teacher training – gender-responsive pedagogy
  • 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 enrolment in primary school
  • Increased grade attainment
  • Increased literacy
  • Increased numeracy
  • Increased re-enrolment in school among out-of-school children
  • Reduced absenteeism
  • Reduced grade repetition
Cross-cutting goals
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms
Additional Information Back to Top
Primary Contact
Brijpal Patel
Right to Play
Director, Global Program Development
bpatel@righttoplay.com