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 | 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 | Dec 13, 2021 | Partnerships, Innovations
Back in April this year Finnish NGO, HundrED, competed alongside several dozen others at MIT Solve’s Solveathon, sponsored by Schools2030 donor the Jacobs Foundation. Competitors were tasked to answer this question: How might we best collate, store and codify the...
by Sarah James | Dec 3, 2021 | Partnerships, Innovations
Rewiring education means thinking differently. For many years the global community has worked tirelessly towards the Sustainable Development Goals, yet the very best of intentions and millions of dollars spent has not changed the education landscape significantly...
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 21, 2021 | Innovations
Teachers from across 100 schools and youth centres in Dar Es Salaam and Lindi have begun the exciting prototyping phase in their innovation journey. After several weeks undergoing the intensive training course, using the free, open source Schools2030 Human-Centred...
