05/11/2018 African Union recognises VVOB as top education innovator At the Innovating Education in Africa Expo in Senegal last October, the African Union acknowledged VVOB as one of the top 50 education innovators in Africa for its work in Rwanda. Global School leaders
04/09/2018 Keeping preschoolers safe from gender stereotypes in Vietnam In our new EU-co-funded project dubbed GENTLE in Vietnam, VVOB and national gender organisation CGFED put gender-responsive play-based learning into practice both in preschools and at home. Vietnam Early educationTeachersSchool leadersGender
22/03/2018 Mastercard Foundation, VVOB shape tomorrow's leaders in teaching In Rwanda, the Mastercard Foundation has commissioned VVOB with near to 9.6 million dollars to put the ‘train’ and ‘lead’ dimensions of its 'Leaders in Teaching' initiative into practice... Rwanda Secondary educationTeachersSchool leaders
23/02/2018 Breaking barriers for inclusive education In South Africa, nearly 150 government officials of the Department of Education came together in a learning trajectory on how to ensure inclusive education for all pupils. The critical factor for this successful peer learning process? Breaking down the barriers between different fields of... South Africa Primary educationTeachersSchool leadersEquity
24/01/2018 Catch Up scales up: 1800 schools to implement teaching at the right level After a successful completion of the Catch Up pilot project in 2017, USAID and the University of Cape Town have commissioned VVOB through J-PAL Africa to mainstream the ‘Teaching at the Right Level’ approach in two provinces in Zambia. With Catch Up , the Zambian Ministry of General Education, VVOB... Zambia Primary educationTeachersSchool leadersEquity
19/12/2017 Flagging inappropriate behaviours in Suriname’s schools VVOB is equipping teachers and school leaders of Suriname’s lower secondary vocational schools with pedagogical tools to respond to inappropriate sexual behaviour with the help of Sensoa , the Flemish expertise centre for sexual health and member of the International Planned Parenthood Federation... Suriname Secondary technical and vocational educationTeachersSchool leadersGenderPartnerships
15/12/2017 Webinar for Teacher Motivation Working Group: recap On 21 November, VVOB Rwanda presented a webinar on how professional learning communities of head teachers impact teacher intrinsic motivation, based on the findings of this study . If you missed the webinar for the Teacher Motivation Working Group, you can find a blog post on its contents on their... Rwanda Primary educationTeachersSchool leaders
08/12/2017 Safe learning in Cambodia: overcoming school-related gender-based violence VVOB Goodwill Ambassador Herman Van Rompuy launched VVOB’s latest EU-co-funded project ‘Teaching for Improved Gender Equality and Responsiveness’ in Cambodia: “TIGER transforms schools into safe and learning-friendly environments for all children."... Cambodia Secondary educationPrimary educationTeachersSchool leadersGender
05/09/2017 Ecuador tackles school-related gender-based violence Since his appointment as Minister of Education in May, Fander Falconí has made the prevention of violence in and around schools a national priority. VVOB Ecuador is providing technical assistance. Violence in and around schools is a serious issue in Ecuador. According to data of the Ministry of... Ecuador Secondary technical and vocational educationTeachersSchool leadersGender