Malawi
Our Malawi project challenged stigma and discrimination against disabled children and ensured they were able to access education.
Malawi
Our Malawi project challenged stigma and discrimination against disabled children and ensured they were able to access education.
Malawi
Our Malawi project challenged stigma and discrimination against disabled children and ensured they were able to access education.
Our project in Malawi, funded by the Scottish Government, challenged stigma and discrimination against disabled children and ensured they are able to access education.
The project came to an end in the spring of 2024 after five and a half years. You can read Malawi Project Coordinator Karen Goodman-Jones’ reflections on the project below.
Project Summary
Our Malawi project aimed to identify and support children with additional needs to access mainstream primary education, challenging negative attitudes along the way.
This plan involved:
- Training teachers in inclusive education ideas and practices
- Setting up support networks for parents and carers of children with additional needs (with income-generating activities)
- Training peer educators – pupils both with and without additional needs – to champion inclusive education at every school we worked with
Project Impact
The basic data:
- We identified and supported 7,891 children with additional needs to access education
- We trained 12,315 community leaders to achieve an understanding of children with additional needs and the rights of all children to a relevant education
- We trained 7,156 teachers with the skills to adopt inclusive education practices within their classrooms
- We trained 6,112 parents and carers to achieve an understanding of their children’s ability and right to go to school
Behind the numbers, what about the long-term impact within the project lifespan?
- We tracked school budget allocations for additional needs support, which rose from 3% to 75%
- The percentage of learners with additional needs passing end-of-year exams rose from 50% to 61%
- The percentage of teachers evidencing support for inclusive education rose from 22% to 71%
- The percentage of parents saying their child with additional needs was protected from violence, stigma and discrimination rose from 45% to 86%
You can read Malawi Project Coordinator Karen Goodman-Jones’ full reflections on the Malawi project here.
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