AVSI-USA
  • ABOUT
  • LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIPS
    • CRECEMOS
    • LGIHE
    • Cardinal Otunga High School
    • Oficina Laboral
    • Partnership for Haitian Children and Youth
    • Fundacion Sembrar
    • MASP
    • URINZIRA COMMUNITY CENTER
    • AVSI Kenya
  • FLAGSHIP PROJECTS
    • IVORY COAST >
      • RPP-HIV Project
      • SCHOOL FEEDING & LITERACY
    • UGANDA >
      • GRADUATING TO RESILIENCE
      • SCORE
      • FARE
      • SKY PROJECT
    • TWIYUBAKE | RWANDA
    • INTEGRATED EDUCATION RESPONSE IN DADAAB
    • HIV PREVENTION in PEMBA
    • CHILD LABOR PREVENTION
    • ARCCIII in DRC
    • RRPM in DRC
    • Women as Agents of Peace in South Sudan
    • AVSI supports IDPs in Iraq
  • PRESS
  • DONATE
  • CONTACT

IN THE NEWS

Kenya: Education unit lobbies for inclusion of refugee students in the mainstream education of the country

2/17/2017

0 Comments

 
Picture
Published by unhcr.org

In the education sector and within the camps, UNHCR and partners provide both formal and non-formal basic and secondary education to refugees. In Dadaab, there are 73,394 learners enrolled in ECD, primary and secondary schools. This includes 1,761 students accessing primary and secondary education through the accelerated education programme (AEP). Integration of ICT into learning has been made possible through Vodafone Foundation’s Instant Network Schools (INS) programme. 13 solar powered learning centers have been set up in Dadaab where children and teachers can access local digital educational content as well as the internet over Safaricom mobile network.

Education partners have employed innovative approaches to the delivery of tertiary education through improving access without compromising on quality. Post-secondary education is provided through vocational skills in Kakuma (1 centre) and Dadaab (4 centres) to about 2000 youth. E-learning is offered in Kakuma through Jesuits Commons Higher Education at the Margins (JC:HEM) and Strathmore University. In Kakuma, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology has been conducting diploma teacher training sessions to build the pedagogical competencies of the refugee teachers who form the bulk of the teaching workforce.

The Education Unit forges good working relations with Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, County Education Department and education partners through consultative fora and educational management engagements. Education for refugee children and young people is a critical aspect of UNHCR’s international protection mandate. Education also contributes to long-term solutions for refugees, ensuring that displaced generations are equipped to rebuild their lives and communities – either in the country of asylum, upon their return home or on resettlement to another country. UNHCR partners with the following partners to provide education in the camps and in urban centers; Lutheran World Federation (LWF), Windle Trust Kenya (WTK), Islamic Relief Kenya (IRK), CARE, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), RET International, AVSI, Save the Children International (SCI), Don Bosco, Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), Xavier Project, UNICEF and Danish Refugee Council (DRC) among others.

READ MORE


0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    IN THE NEWS

    Read articles featuring AVSI’s work across 30 countries.

    Archives

    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016

    Categories

    All
    Breast Feeding
    Cash Transfer
    Climate Change
    Democratic Republic Of The Congo
    DRC
    Education
    HIV
    Lebanon
    Mozambique
    Myanmar
    Nutrition
    Open Hospitals
    Refugees
    Sierra Leone
    Sky Project
    Syria
    Uganda
    Urban Development

    RSS Feed

Picture

WHO WE ARE

HISTORY
NETWORK
METHOD
OUR TEAM
FINANCES

what we do

GLOBAL PRESENCE
IMPACT
LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIPS
FLAGSHIP PROJECTS

press

press releases
news
archives
In the news

publications

reports and publications
avsi-usa profile
Financial reports

engage

donate
volunteer
career & internships
partner

DC OFFICE

8730 GEORGIA AVENUE | SUITE 209
SILVER SPRING | MD | 20910
301.589.9009

CONTACT



New York Office
125 maiden lane | 15th floor
212.490.8043

contact

sign up to receive our newsletter and stay updated with news and stories about our work and our partners' projects around the world

*we respect your privacy and will never share your email address with anyone
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP
For Email Newsletters you can trust.
Picture
Picture
avsi-usa is a proud member of interaction
donate
© 2016 avsi-usa is a 501(C)3 non-profit. all right reserved
  • ABOUT
  • LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIPS
    • CRECEMOS
    • LGIHE
    • Cardinal Otunga High School
    • Oficina Laboral
    • Partnership for Haitian Children and Youth
    • Fundacion Sembrar
    • MASP
    • URINZIRA COMMUNITY CENTER
    • AVSI Kenya
  • FLAGSHIP PROJECTS
    • IVORY COAST >
      • RPP-HIV Project
      • SCHOOL FEEDING & LITERACY
    • UGANDA >
      • GRADUATING TO RESILIENCE
      • SCORE
      • FARE
      • SKY PROJECT
    • TWIYUBAKE | RWANDA
    • INTEGRATED EDUCATION RESPONSE IN DADAAB
    • HIV PREVENTION in PEMBA
    • CHILD LABOR PREVENTION
    • ARCCIII in DRC
    • RRPM in DRC
    • Women as Agents of Peace in South Sudan
    • AVSI supports IDPs in Iraq
  • PRESS
  • DONATE
  • CONTACT