Online Education without Borders (EwD) in emergency
P4T aims to create a digital & online education program to address disrupted education challenge for refugees in Kyangwali, Hoima, Uganda.
Written by Daniel Ameny
What problem does your innovation solve?
Online Education without Borders (EwD) in emergency is an innovative solution to address three major education challenges: inaccessibility to basic and higher education, language and curriculum barriers that differ from their home countries, and lack of money to pay for higher education. In Uganda, there are 1,277,476 refugees from 9 countries (InterAid Uganda). More than 92% live in rural settlements with no access to quality education and no means of livelihood.Explain your innovation.
Online Education without Borders (EwD) in emergency is a program which serves two purposes: availing complete digital national curriculum in tablets (edutabs) to young children, and enabling access to free online courses for youth whose education was disrupted. The digital curriculum customizes and personalizes learning in a way that is rigorous and engaging for students. The standards-based curriculum tracks all student activity to enable instructional differentiation. Built-in formative assessment activities, such as short writing prompts and vocabulary exercises, provide the student and teacher with real-time feedback on academic mastery to enable appropriate personalization. Online course program will enroll students in to courses that are offered online either as a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) which is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web, or admission to universities with free courses platforms such as University of People, Open University, PDMF University and the Edx platform of Harvard University. The Refugee youth will also be able to get scholarships for paid online courses which they can do at the EwB center. Digital curriculum and online courses are trending with many developments by samsung, amplify, Wall Street Journal, Universities and governments etc. The children or youth share learning resources at the center and and so they need not to buy a computer or tablet that they can not afford hence sustainability
Who benefits?
How is your innovation unique?
Online EwD in emergency will deliver free quality education with the touch of technology; enabling interactive learning and excellence. This is different from what the government schools around are doing. The youth program in this project is going to be one of its kind in Uganda because it will be able to provide refugees with international curriculum of their home countries, to break the language and curriculum barriers that they currently face. P4T has already been providing better quality education in Kyangwali and people trust it. We also have potential collaborators who are experts in education and ICT. Though strongly applauded by Uganda Minister for Education, only few international schools in Kampala use digital curriculum and online courses. These schools are too expensive to afford not only by refugees but even by Ugandans. EwB is going to be community based with outsourced courses & low costs of operation, hence free.What are some of your unanswered questions about the idea?
How will this innovation be received by the local community? I wonder if they will like it and commit themselves in the program. However, since young people love computers and internet, I believe they will love it. When we use digital curriculum in very lower classes, will they have the moral of learning how to write since national examinations in Primary seven will require writing.Tell us more about you.
What is the primary type of emergency setting where your innovation would operate?
- Armed conflict
- Prolonged displacement
Emergency Setting - Elaborate
Kyangwali Refugee Settlement is the home of over 40,000 refugees from five countries of Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya and South Sudan. Some people have lived in this settlement for the past 20 years (Since 1996). A total of 20,353 are children aged between 3-17 years and 12,089 youth are aged between 18-30 years. It has very low level of education with very high school dropout and poor academic performance. Uganda as a whole is home to 1,277,467 refugees from 9 countries.Where will your innovation be implemented?
EwB will be implemented first in Kyangwali Refugee Settlement, Hoima District, Uganda, East Africa. This idea will be expanded or replicated in other refugee settlements in Uganda such as Nakivale, Kyaka, BidiBidi, Lamwo, and Rhiono Camp among others. This is upon graduation of the first cohort of beneficiaries.Experience in Implementation Country(ies)
- Yes, for more than one year.
In-country Networks
Windle Trust Uganda will be our potential partners in giving technical advice in education since they have been in this area for over 20 years. P4T Nursery and Primary School is a community school which is run by P4T. This is where the digital curriculum will be launched and used. Datasoft Consultancy will provide all research and data related services. Nkumba University will guide the academic enrollment and programmes in the EwB program.Sector Expertise
- I've worked in a sector related to my innovation for more than a year.
Sector Expertise - Elaborate
P4T has been running a Nursery and Primary School in Kyangwali since 2015. It is only at this school that children are taught how to use computer, which has prepared them for this kind of programme. Last year, P4T carried out computer training for community members and some 15 people were trained.Innovation Maturity
- Early Stage Innovation: I am exploring my innovation, refining, researching, and gathering inspiration.
Organization Status
- We are a registered non-profit, charity, NGO, or community-based organization.
Organization Location
We are registered with Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development of Hoima District, Uganda.Website
http://planningfortomorrow.org http://facebook.com/p4tpage.Written by
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