Education Reform in the Classroom

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

To provide the technical assistance needed to improve access to basic education (including quality, equity and efficiency) by focusing on increasing teacher effectiveness, improving classroom learning environments, fostering effective first and second language acquisition and reading, extending access to underserved populations including girls and indigenous groups, and expanding parents’, communities’ and stakeholders’ participation in student learning. The overall objective is to ensure education reform in the classroom and the application of effective, innovative approaches to increase and improve basic education opportunities in Guatemala.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)

Latin America & Caribbean

Guatemala

Activity URL

http://juarezassociates.com/education-reform-in-the-classroom/

Government Affiliation
Unknown
Years

Not applicable or unknown

Partner(s)

Ministerio de Educación de Guatemala

Ministry Affiliation
N/A
Funder(s)

COVID-19 Response
Unknown
Geographic Scope
National
Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  
Unknown
Areas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Quality
  • School quality
  • Teacher training
Skills
  • Literacy
Cross-cutting areas
  • Community sensitization
Program participants

Target Audience(s)

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

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

Not applicable or unknown

Other populations reached
  • Boys (both in school and out of school)
  • Community leaders
  • Fathers
  • Mothers
  • Other community members - female
  • Other community members - male
  • School administrators
  • Teachers - female
  • Teachers - male
Participants include
  • Indigenous
Program Approaches Back to Top
Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization
  • Community mobilization
Social/gender norms change
  • Engaging parents/caregivers of students or school-age children/adolescents
Teaching
  • In-service teacher training – pedagogy general
Tutoring/strengthening academic skills
  • Literacy - in the classroom
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased school enrolment (general)
Cross-cutting goals
  • Improved critical consciousness
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms