Reducing School Dropout in Malawi and Lesotho

Catherine Jere; Elizabeth Tofaris

Reducing School Dropout in Malawi and Lesotho

Catherine Jere, Elizabeth Tofaris

School of Global Development

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Abstract

‘School in a bag’, buddy systems and catch-up clubs have paved the way for improved learning and reduced dropout in schools in Malawi and Lesotho. These pioneering techniques have been used by researchers from University College London’s Ins tute of Educa on and their Southern African partners to help ensure that disadvantaged children, particularly those affected by HIV/ AIDS, stay in school. Between April 2007 and July 2010, the team developed and piloted these distance- and flexible- learning techniques in 20 primary schools in Malawi and 16 secondary schools in Lesotho, all of which were located in areas where HIV/AIDS was highly prevalent and where school dropout rates were high. In both countries, the schools saw reduced dropout rates (up to 45 percent in Malawi), particularly for older children.

Original language	English
Type	Impact story
Media of output	text
Publisher	The Impact Initiative, REAL Centre, University of Cambridge/IDS, University of Sussex
Number of pages	2
Place of Publication	University of Cambridge
Publication status	Published - 2017

Publication series

Name	ESRC-DFID Research Impact

Keywords

School Dropout
Malawi
ESRC
DFID
HIV/AIDS
Education for All

UN SDGs

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