WHAT
Schools2030 is a ten-year participatory learning improvement programme based in 1,000 government schools across ten countries.
Our goal is to equip young people with the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values they need to becoming contributing and thriving members of their societies. We do this through a focus on teacher agency: recognising and amplifying teachers as leaders, innovators and active agents in education reform.
Using the principles of human-centred design and focusing on the key transition years of ages 5, 10 and 15 years old, Schools2030 supports teachers and students to design and implement education micro-innovations. These low-cost and scaleable innovations are informing and transforming education systems to improve holistic learning outcomes for the most marginalised learners worldwide.
Where
Schools2030 launched in 2020
and works across ten countries:
AFGHANISTAN • BRAZIL • INDIA • KENYA • KYRGYZSTAN
PAKISTAN • PORTUGAL • TAJIKISTAN • TANZANIA • UGANDA
WHO
Schools2030 collaborates with:
NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH
How
Schools2030 involves a dynamic coalition of leaders in international early childhood development and education.
Three Key Transition Years
Schools2030 focuses on supporting teaching and learning during the key transition years in a young person’s educational journey.
We Use a Three-Step Model
That enables teachers to generate new school-level innovations about what works to improve holistic learning outcomes.
ASSESS
Schools2030 supports teachers to measure the holistic learning levels of their students, and the quality of their classroom environments, with simple contextualised assessment tools.
INNOVATE
Schools2030 supports teachers to design, test and implement new pedagogical practices and innovations to improve holistic learning outcomes and quality learning environments.
SHOWCASE
Schools2030 supports teachers to showcase their best practices and innovations at community, national and global forums to inspire systems-level educational change.
Our Focal Domains for Holistic Learning
In each Schools2030 country, National Advisory Committees have prioritised five key learning domains per age group that teachers are now improving through new classroom-based innovations developed through human-centred design.
AFGHANISTAN
Pre-School
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Arts & Culture
- Health & Nutrition
- Relationship Building
Primary School
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Science
- Creativity
- Relationship Building
Secondary School
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Science
- Ethical Decision-Making
- Relationship Building
BRAZIL
Pre-School
- Leadership
- Self-Awareness
- Collaboration
- Creativity
- Empathy
Primary School
- Leadership
- Self-Awareness
- Collaboration
- Creativity
- Empathy
Secondary School
- Leadership
- Self-Awareness
- Collaboration
- Creativity
- Empathy
INDIA
Pre-School
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Creativity
- Self-Regulation
- Collaboration
Primary School
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Creativity
- Self-Awareness
- Arts & Culture
Secondary School
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Creativity
- Self-Regulation
- Collaboration
KENYA
Pre-School
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Health & Nutrition
- Communication
- Problem Solving
Primary School
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Health & Nutrition
- Science
- Leadership
Secondary School
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Digital Literacy
- Taking Responsibility
- Reconciling Tensions
KYRGYZSTAN
Pre-School
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Collaboration
- Empathy
- Communication
Primary School
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Science
- Critical Thinking
- Leadership
Secondary School
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Taking Responsibility
- Critical Thinking
- Leadership
PAKISTAN
Pre-School
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Health & Nutrition
- Relationship Building
- Self-Awareness/Self-Efficacy
Primary School
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Health & Nutrition
- Critical Thinking
- Respect for Diversity & the
Environment
Secondary School
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Digital Literacy
- Leadership
- Respect for Diversity & the
- Environment
PORTUGAL
Pre-School
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Problem Solving
- Empathy
- Relationship Building
Primary School
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Problem Solving
- Empathy
- Reconciling Tensions
Secondary School
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Critical Thinking
- Empathy
- Ethical Decision-Making
TAJIKISTAN
Pre-School
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Health & Nutrition
- Creativity
- Relationship Building
Primary School
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Self-Awareness
- Arts & Culture
- Problem Solving
Secondary School
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Science
- Digital Literacy
- Communication
TANZANIA
Pre-School
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Health & Nutrition
- Creativity
- Relationship Building
Primary School
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Self-Awareness
- Creativity
- Problem Solving
Secondary School
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Civic Engagement
- Arts & Culture
- Critical Thinking
UGANDA
Pre-School
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Relationship Building
- Creativity
- Arts & Culture
Primary School
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Empathy
- Self-Efficacy
- Problem Solving
Secondary School
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Technology
- Entrepreneurship
- Relationship Building
WHY
Rarely are school leaders, teachers and students invited to listen, reflect, and self-discover the wisdom that lies among them about ‘what works’ to improve quality learning for all. Even rarer are instances where invitation, dialogue and self-discovery lead to long-term community actions and external investments, guided by data that the school collects, processes, and uses to achieve holistic learning outcomes for all.
Schools2030 seeks to dramatically change the status quo by equipping frontline teachers and school leaders with the knowledge, skills, and platforms to better design, measure and showcase new solutions to achieve SDG4 by 2030.
As a result, Schools2030 offers a global pulse about how to operationalise SDG4 in classroom practice from the bottom-up and amplify the often under-represented insights, creativity, and resilience of the heroic frontline teachers and school stakeholders striving to achieve quality learning for all.
Donors
The following Foundations are the founding members of the Schools2030 Global Donor Steering Committee:



