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Deborah Tesi, 15, Scratc²h, Rwanda (cropped)

“I take every opportunity to improve my ICT skills”

Deborah Tesi, 15, plans to study Computer Systems or Software Development next year. Our Scratc²h 2050 project in Rwanda contributes to develop youth’s creative minds and encourages young people like Tesi to achieve their goals, despite any existing prejudices against girls in science and ICT.

Rwanda

Secondary education

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Institutionalising effective school leadership and teaching practices in TVET

Suriname embarked on a reform of its lower secondary vocational education in 2013. VVOB was closely involved in the process, and discovered four key elements of institutionalising change for lasting impact.

Suriname

Secondary technical and vocational education

Teachers

School leaders

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Cross-border exchange: a catalyst for global equity in education

Every year, VVOB organises an eNSPIRED learning week that revolves around a theme with international expert speakers. 2020 was dedicated to ‘multilingualism’ but highjacked by COVID (what else?), postponing the physical learning week in March to a full online edition in November.

Belgium

South Africa

Vietnam

Equity

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VVOB joins East African Regional Education partners bloc

Last month, VVOB in Uganda became the newest member of the Regional Education Learning Initiative for East Africa (RELI).

Uganda

Partnerships

Cambodia learners do the "equality" sign

Putting gender front and center in education with TIGER

Six short videos capture the transformation of various stakeholders – young and old – involved in TIGER, our Cambodia-based project aimed at making schools gender-responsive and safe learning environments for both girls and boys.

Cambodia

Secondary education

Primary education

Teachers

Gender

Why VVOB is excited to join the mEducation Alliance

The Mobiles for Education (mEducation) Alliance is a non-governmental organisation focused on the evidence-driven and sustainable role of technology in education to advance quality educational outcomes. “We’re looking forward to sharing and learning more about how to embed and scale effective ed-...

Global

Partnerships

Agri-entrepreneurship education for a better and greener way of life

At the AgroBootCamp For Development in the DR Congo, we introduced entrepreneurial concepts and a business model canvas approach that is set to inform the nation’s continuous professional development for teachers and school leaders.

DR Congo

Secondary technical and vocational education

One year of CITIES: lessons learnt for urban preschool education

With the CITIES project, VVOB and the city of Da Nang (Vietnam) are exploring ways to mitigate urban barriers to preschool learning and to help teachers rediscover the benefits of life and education in the city.

Vietnam

Early education

Teachers

Rwanda PLC

It's time to learn together and get education right for all children

From separate silos to close collaborations: the COVID-19 pandemic is giving us an opportunity to build and strengthen the links between education programs implementers and researchers, to ensure that we learn from this crisis and use robust evaluations to improve learning results for children.

Global

Partnerships

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