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Building Primary/Secondary Teaching Capacities in the Dadaab Refugee Camps and Locally in Dadaab, Kenya by Increasing Access to Higher Education in Kenya

Title of the Project:

Building Primary/Secondary Teaching Capacities in the Dadaab Refugee Camps and Locally in Dadaab, Kenya by Increasing Access to Higher Education in Kenya

Country:

Canada

Geographical presence:

Kenya, Dadaab refugee camps and surrounding areas.

Status of the project:
start date, duration:

2013 - 2018

Project website:

www.bher.org/

Geographical impact of project:

regional

Funds available for the project:

4,531,977 $

Implementation level:

in support of low income and developing countries

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Description of the project:

This project, which contributes to the Borderless Higher Education for Refugees initiative, aims to provide better quality education to 18,000 elementary and secondary students by training 400 uncertified refugee and local Kenyan teachers in the Dadaab refugee camps. The activities follow the approach of ‘stackability’ (incremental earning of credits leading to certificates/diplomas at each level). Refugee and local student-teacher candidates from Dadaab attend classes in local high schools during the April/August/December holidays or online/on-site in facilities renovated and equipped for instructional use at the planned Kenyatta University (KU) Institute of Open, Distance and e-Learning (ODEL) satellite campus in Dadaab. Expected outcomes include (1) Enhanced teaching workforce in the Dadaab refugee camps and local surrounding communities in Kenya. (2) Enhanced effectiveness of Kenyan universities in delivering quality inter-cultural and gender-sensitive university programmes for marginalised groups and communities. This project aims to reverse a disproportionate gender balance in attaining education among girls in the refugee camps and locally in Dadaab, Kenya. Currently, girls are under-represented at all levels of education due to elevated school dropout rates (less than ½ of primary pupils and less than 1/3 of high school students are girls) and few women have access to higher education in the region. Barriers confronting girls’ access, retention, and achievement are grounded in social-cultural norms, which put girls in a subordinate position to boys.

Impact of the project:

The project aims to reach a total of 10,000 women and girls. Approximately 30% of enrolled teacher-students are women. In the long term, it is expected that education outcomes for girl students enrolled at the primary and secondary levels will improve and increase due to the improved quality of teaching.

Area of focus of the project:

  • access and affordability of ICT to women and girls
  • ICT in formal education (teacher education, learning materials)