by Sarah James | Apr 21, 2022 | Innovations, Human-Centred Design
During the pandemic lockdowns, for the international development community and families around the world, one of the most pressing questions was: how can we ensure minimal disruption to children’s learning? For families without access to the internet, television...
by Sarah James | Mar 29, 2022 | Human-Centred Design
Gulnara Minbaeva grew up in a small village in Alai District in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, where she works as a teacher. A proud member of the community, she has for some time taken an active interest in local development projects and has recently been elected to the local...
by Sarah James | Feb 9, 2022 | Innovations, Human-Centred Design
The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF)’s approach to education reform is locally rooted but globally informed. Using what we know about education and drawing on our long-term engagement with local communities, we root our approach in finding solutions that are locally driven...
by Sarah James | Oct 28, 2021 | Innovations, Human-Centred Design, Partnerships
For many years, the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) has been working in partnership with the Ministry of Education (MoE) in Tajikistan to improve education quality and access. Thus, when COVID-19 hit the country, this collaboration was as vital as ever to support students’...
by Sarah James | Oct 19, 2021 | Human-Centred Design
This summer AKF’s work around the Schools2030 Human-Centred Design Toolkit was honoured with two awards from the international design and innovation community. Our team (Katie Krummeck, Gray Garmon, Munir Ahmad, Andy Cunningham and...
by Sarah James | Sep 14, 2021 | Human-Centred Design, Innovations
At the beginning of September, 340 teachers from a variety of educational institutions in Bishkek, Osh, Chui, and Naryn participated in human-centred design (HCD) training as part of the Schools2030 programme. The HCD bootcamps were held in 100 pilot preschools and...
