Last month we shared the exciting news that the SDG Impact Finance Initiative awarded a US$200k grant to a consortium which brings together IDP Foundation, Global Schools Forum, Varthana, Kaizenvest to improve access to quality education in Africa and South Asia by strengthening the affordable non-state sector’s contribution through a market-based, outcome-incentivised solution

by IDP Foundation

We are at the half-way mark to the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, yet education outcomes remain in crisis, as does the security and economic stability of much of the world. Growing learning poverty is being exacerbated by out of school numbers, malnutrition, population growth, and widening technology gaps, which all affect education’s ability to break intergenerational poverty, and in turn the economic growth of the world.

by Corina Gardner

Learning Series 1
In this series, IDP Foundation reflects on new reports, events, articles, and key moments within education planning and discourse, asking questions of our partners and peers in order to learn and ideate on ways to improve the landscape and accelerate progress towards SDG4.

by Corina Gardner

This year has been populated by a number of key moments for the shifting education landscape, which have brought a renewed sense of urgency, as well as productive conversations on how all stakeholders can work together to get progression to SDG4 back on track. One such key collaboration, formulated to align with the Transforming Education Summit (TES), which took place in New York City on September 19th, saw IDP Foundation (IDPF), alongside over 30 other foundations, sign a joint statement by philanthropic actors supporting education change and promoting increased inclusion.

by Stephen Caleb Opuni

IDP Foundation (IDPF), in collaboration with Dignitas and Premier Credit Limited, has today formally announced the launch of the Ongoza program in Kenya. 

With an initial commitment of three years, the program is focused on improving quality and learning outcomes in non-formal schools through a combination of financial support, school leadership training, and improving teachers’ ability to deliver Kenya’s Competency Based Curriculum (CBC). While financial support is being extended to schools across 14 counties in all, the intensive school leadership and teacher training is focused on an initial cohort of 69 schools selected from the Kasarani, Kiserian, Rongai, Ngong, Embakasi, and Kayole areas. 

by IDP Foundation

Attending the Schools2030 Global Forum earlier this month in Tanzania it was clear to me, and my fellow attendees, how valuable this space is for reflection, learning and collaboration. It encourages all-hands-on-deck to reimagine how stakeholders might work better together to achieve SDG4 by 2030. This goal is understandably ambitious and therefore uniting the forces of all stakeholders is an absolute must, made more attainable by events such as this.

by Stephen Caleb Opuni

IDP Foundation, Inc. (IDPF) is inviting expressions of interest for a team of consultants to scope and design a detailed Digital Data Management System (DDMS) to support IDPF’s new MEL system.

by Georgia Brown

The COVID-19 pandemic may not be the first major event to disrupt individual countries’ education systems, however, the significant impact it has had is a stark reminder that countries cannot continue to pursue narrow education policies and programs that ignore the complexities of provision from state and non-state players. Hence, any national response to the pandemic, as well as any attention paid to other pre-existing challenges in the education sector, must focus on building resilience in all settings to ensure that no child is left behind.

by Constance Kwaa Ababio and Imranah Adams

In 2019, Ghana was ranked among the top ten countries for female business ownership globally[1]. Behind this statistic is the reality that most of these women-led businesses are small enterprises in the informal sector, that operate with tight margins and a variety of challenges that hamper their capacity to grow and employ others. The issue of the gender gap has been present across all of history, in all world economies and remains a barrier for many women today.

by Connstance Kwaa Ababio

The IDP Foundation, Inc. is inviting proposals for a partnership to manage IDPF’s child safeguarding reporting and response procedures, including case management related to work delivered in Ghana by IDPF and its implementing partners.

by IDP Foundation