Opening up a world of education
Children love to learn. If they are denied access to knowledge, we also deny them the opportunity to change their lives for the better.
Education Above All Foundation has partnered with UNICEF to provide access to quality primary education to 30,000 OOSC in Paraguay. The “Quality Education for Out-of-School Children in Paraguay” project aims to reach, mobilise and enrol children from urban and rural areas, including those who are overaged; have a disability; and/or are from an indigenous community. The project will target key barriers to access and retention, such as poverty, social exclusion, a low perceived value of education, gender discrimination and lack of infrastructure.
The goals of this joint project will be achieved through several strategic interventions, which include: door-to-door campaigns to identify and enrol OOSC; quarterly parent-teacher meetings to help prevent the incidence of dropout; the development of an early-warning system, based on specific criteria to assess OOSC progress and identify potential dropouts; alternative learning programmes; community mobilisation; teacher training; provision of school-based technology; and capacity-building initiatives for district councils in planning and improving learning conditions to promote the enrolment and retention of OOSC.
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