Playing Catch Up
Caitlin Baron responds to Girindre Beeharry’s inspiring essay on SDG 4, sharing lessons on how to achieve foundational literacy and numeracy at scale, and urging the donor community to stop seeking silver bullets for education, focusing instead on scaling NGOs with proven education models.
Africa Unite: 39 words for improved education
Luminos Managing Director Mubuso Zamchiya explores the remarkable potential for education and improving reading fluency for all primary-age children across all 54 African countries in a celebration of Africa Day.
Anteneh’s Journey from Goat Herder to Student
“My father promised to send me to school one day,” eleven-year-old Anteneh says. Coming from a large family with five other siblings, Anteneh took care of the family’s goats. In Ethiopia, livestock are an important part of small farmers’ livelihood. Goats provide...
Honoring Women Who Teach: Tegitu’s Story
“Education opens doors for changing one’s life. Education gives you multiple avenues to success. By education, it means for me every type of education – in and out of school. Anything new and useful that we learn will contribute to change our lives.”Tegitu, Second...
Ethiopia Rising: Exploring Education After COVID-19
Ethiopia: the second most populous country in Africa where over 63% of the population is under age 25 and there are more than 40 million school-aged children and adolescents (UIS). In 2000, nearly 60% of primary-school-age students were out of school in Ethiopia, a...
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